1962 Massachusetts U.S. Senate Special
Who won the 1962 Massachusetts U.S. Senate Special?
Edward M. Kennedy won the 1962 Massachusetts U.S. Senate Special. Edward M. Kennedy received 1,162,611 popular votes (55.44%). The main challenger was George C. Lodge (41.85%).
See the full head-to-head between Kennedy and Lodge
Kennedy +13.6 pts · won by 284,943 votes
1,162,611 votes
877,668 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.7% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
A special election fills a Senate seat that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for this U.S. Senate election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.