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1982 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
	Kennedy: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% ; Shamie: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
U.S. senator before election; Ted Kennedy; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Ted Kennedy; Democratic

The 1982 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy won re-election to his fifth (his fourth full) term.

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Howard S. Katz (Libertarian)
Ted Kennedy, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1962 (Democratic)
Ray Shamie, metalwork entrepreneur (Republican)

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General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ted Kennedy (Incumbent)	1,247,084	60.81	-8.50
	Republican	Ray Shamie	784,602	38.26	+9.25
	Libertarian	Howard S. Katz	18,878	0.92	+0.92
		All others	205	0.01	+0.00
Total votes			2,050,769	70.26%
	Democratic hold

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1982 Congressional Election results

Summary

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