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2002 Massachusetts U.S. Senate Election

Massachusetts · 2 candidates · See every 2002 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 2002 Massachusetts U.S. Senate Election?

John Kerry won the 2002 Massachusetts U.S. Senate Election. John Kerry received 1,605,976 popular votes (72.33%). The main challenger was Michael E. Cloud (16.66%).

See the full head-to-head between Kerry and Cloud

Kerry +55.7 pts · won by 1,236,169 votes
John KerryDemocraticWINNER72.33%
1,605,976 votes
Michael E. CloudLibertarian16.66%
369,807 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 11.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.