This is the electoral history of Ed Markey, a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts. He was previously a Democratic Representative from Massachusetts, representing the 7th and 5th districts. Markey was first elected in a 1976 special election to replace the deceased Torbert Macdonald, and was re-elected in every subsequent election. He was also the Democratic candidate, and winner, of the 2013 special election, for the United States Senate.
Massachusetts House of Representatives Massachusetts House of Representatives District 81 Democratic Primary election, 1974PartyCandidateVotes%+%DemocraticEdward Markey2,43340.5%DemocraticJohn McNeil1,94632.4%DemocraticJohn Brennan, Jr.1,62327.0% Massachusetts House of Representatives District 81 election, 1974PartyCandidateVotes%+%DemocraticEdward Markey5,81081.6%IndependentVernon Newman1,30818.4%
United States House of Representatives Massachusetts 7th Congressional District Democratic Primary special election, 1976PartyCandidateVotes%+%DemocraticEdward Markey22,13721.6%DemocraticJoseph Croken16,29815.9%DemocraticVincent LoPresti13,78713.4%DemocraticStephen McGrail13,75713.4%DemocraticGeorge McCarthy12,83812.5%DemocraticWilliam Reinstien5,9895.8%DemocraticWilliam Hogan5,1435.0%DemocraticRobert Donovan5,0835.0%DemocraticJack Left4,2664.2%DemocraticRobert Leo1,7591.7%DemocraticRose Marie Turino8520.8%DemocraticBartholomew Conte7560.7% Massachusetts 7th Congressional District Democratic Primary election, 1980PartyCandidateVotes%+%DemocraticEdward Markey (inc.)29,19084.8%DemocraticJames Murphy5,24715.2% Massachusetts 7th Congressional District Democratic Primary election, 1984PartyCandidateVotes%+%DemocraticEdward Markey (inc.)55,24853.9%DemocraticSamuel Rotondi41,50740.5%DemocraticPhilip Doherty2,8732.8%DemocraticMichael Barrett2,3962.3%DemocraticMichael Gelber3870.4% Massachusetts 7th Congressional District Democratic Primary election, 2002PartyCandidateVotes%+%DemocraticEdward Markey (inc.)73,01484.9%DemocraticJames Hall12,96415.1%
|+ : Results 1976–2010 ! Year ! ! Democrat ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! |- |1976 || | |Edward Markey | |162,126 | |77% | | |Richard Daly | |37,063 | |18% | | |James Murphy | |Independent | align="right" |6,851 | align="right" |3% | | |Harry Chickles | |Independent | align="right" |4,748 | align="right" |2%
|1978 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |145,615 | |85% | | |No candidate
| |James Murphy | |Independent | align="right" |26,017 | align="right" |15%
|1980 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |155,759 | |100% | | |No candidate
|1982 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |151,305 | |78% | | |David Basile | |43,063 | |22%
|1984 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |167,211 | |71% | | |S. Lester Ralph | |66,930 | |29%
|1986 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |124,183 | |100% | | |No candidate
|1988 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |188,647 | |100% | | |No candidate
|1990 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |155,380 | |100% | | |No candidate
|1992 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |174,837 | |62% | | |Stephen Sohn | |78,262 | |28% | | |Robert Antonelli | |Independent | align="right" |28,421 | align="right" |10%
|1994 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |146,246 | |64% | | |Brad Bailey | |80,674 | |36%
|1996 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |177,053 | |70% | | |Patricia Long | |76,407 | |30%
|1998 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |137,178 | |71% | | |Patricia Long | |56,977 | |29%
|2000 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |211,543 | |99% | | |No candidate
| |Other
| |2,814 | |1%
|2002 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |170,968 | |98% | | |No candidate
| |Other
| |2,206 | |1% | | |Daniel Melnechuk | |write-in | |863 | |0%
|2004 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |202,399 | |74% | | |Kenneth Chase | |60,334 | |22% | | |James Hall | |Independent | |12,139 | |4%
|2006 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |171,902 | |98% | | |No candidate
| |Other
| |2,889 | |2%
|2008 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |212,304 | |76% | | |John Cunningham | |81,802 | |24%
|2010 || | |Edward Markey (incumbent) | |145,696 | |66% | | |Gerry Dembrowski | |73,467 | |33%
|+ : Results 2012 ! Year ! ! Democrat ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! |- |2012 || | |Ed Markey (incumbent) | |257,490 | |75% | | |Tom Tierney | |82,944 | |24% | | |Other
| |675 | |0%
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