The 1988 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy won re-election to his sixth (his fifth full) term.
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Kennedy: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Malone: 40–50% 50–60% Tie: 40–50% | |||||||||||||||||
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General election
editCandidates
edit- Mary Fridley (New Alliance)
- Ted Kennedy, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1962 (Democratic)
- Joe Malone, political activist (Republican)
- Freda Lee Nason (Libertarian)
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Ted Kennedy (incumbent) | 1,693,344 | 64.97% |  4.16
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| Republican | Joe Malone | 884,267 | 33.93% |  4.33
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| New Alliance | Mary Fridley | 15,208 | 0.58% | N/A | |
| Libertarian | Freda Lee Nason | 13,199 | 0.51% | 0.41
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| Write-in | 207 | 0.01 | +0 | ||
| Total votes | 2,606,225 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||