1978 Senatorial General Election Results

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Data for this Contest was Contributed by Ryne on 2009-08-27

Senatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Paul E. Tsongas

Democratic

1,093,283

55.06%

Edward W. Brooke

Republican

890,584

44.85%

Others

1,833

0.09%

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Turnout

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Demographic Data

1980 Population:	5,737,093	Enum.	1980 Population Density:	282.5	persons/km²
1978 Population:	0	Est.	1978 Population Density:	0.0	persons/km²
1970 Population:	5,689,170	Enum.	1970 Population Density:	280.2	persons/km²
Land Area (2000):	20,306	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.1	%

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Election Statistics, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1978, Secretary of the Commonwealth (http://www.archive.org/details/massachusettsele19781979mass) (accessed 27 Aug 2009)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

Results for and Individual County: