| map_size = 250pxKennedy: {{legend0>#A5B0FF#7996e2#6674de#584cde#3933e5Spaulding: {{legend0>#FFB2B2#E27F7F#d75d5d#D72F30#C21B18|80â€“90%}}| title = U.S. Senator| before_election = Ted Kennedy| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)| after_election = Ted Kennedy| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)}}{{ElectionsMA}}The 1970 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1970. The incumbent Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy defeated his challengers. This was Kennedy’s first election run since the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident.Kennedy won 62.2% of the vote, down from the 74.3% that he won in the previous election in 1964, indicating that Chappaquiddick did affect his popularity.This was the last election in which Ted Kennedy lost any Massachusetts county. Spaulding carried Barnstable, Dukes, Franklin, and Nantucket Counties.

Republican primary

Candidates

Josiah Spaulding, businessmanJosiah Spaulding at ourcampaigns.com
John J. McCarthy, Commissioner of Administration and Finance

Results

{{Election box begin no change |party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Josiah Spaulding
|votes = 109,306
|percentage = 57.32%
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = John J. McCarthy
|votes = 81,356
|percentage = 42.66%
}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 190,662
| percentage = 100.00%

}}{{Election box end}}

General election

Candidates

Ted Kennedy, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1962 (Democratic)
Lawrence Gilfedder (Socialist Labor)
Mark R. Shaw, perennial candidate and Prohibition nominee for Vice President in 1964 (Prohibition)
Josiah Spaulding, businessman (Republican)

Results

(File:Massachusetts Senate Election Results by County, 1970.svg|thumb|right|200px|Results by county {{legend|#e27f7f|2=Republican >= 50%}}{{legend|#7996e2|2=Democrat >= 50%}}{{legend|#6674de|2=Democrat >= 60%}}{{legend|#584cde|2=Democrat >= 70%}}){{Election box begin| title= General election }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Edward M. Kennedy (incumbent)
|votes = 1,202,856
|percentage = 62.16%
|change = {{decrease}}12.1
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Josiah Spaulding
|votes = 715,978
|percentage = 37.00%
|change = {{increase}}11.58
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Socialist Labor Party of America
|candidate = Lawrence Gilfedder
|votes = 10,378
|percentage = 0.54%
|change = {{increase}}0.33
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Prohibition Party (United States)
|candidate = Mark R. Shaw
|votes = 5,944
|percentage = 0.31%
|change = {{increase}}0.19

}}{{Election box end}}

External links

Race details at ourcampaigns.com

References

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Republican primary

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Results

General election

Candidates

Results

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