2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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Nominee John Kerry Jeff Beatty
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,971,974 926,044
Percentage 65.86% 30.93%

Kerry:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Beatty:      40–50%      50–60%
     No votes

U.S. senator before election

John Kerry
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John Kerry
Democratic

The 2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts took place on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry, who remained in the Senate after losing the presidency to incumbent President George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election, won re-election to a fifth term in office. Kerry later resigned his seat in 2013 to become Secretary of State under the Obama administration.