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Senatorial Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote |
| Edward M. Kennedy | Democratic |
1,202,856 |
62.14% |
| Josiah A. Spaulding | Republican |
715,978 |
36.99% |
| Lawrence Gilfedder | Socialist Labor |
10,378 |
0.54% |
| Mark R. Shaw | Prohibition |
5,944 |
0.31% |
| Others | - |
451 |
0.02% |
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| Demographic Data
1970 Population: | 5,689,170 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 280.2 | persons/km2 | 1960 Population: | 5,148,578 | Enum. | 1960 Population Density: | 253.5 | persons/km2 | Land Area (2000): | 20,306 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.0 | % |
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Election Statistics, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1969-1970, Secretary of the Commonwealth (http://www.archive.org/details/electionstatisti19691970mass) (accessed 26 Aug 2009)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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