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ELECTION 98 MAIN | | REMOTE NAVIGATOR

MASSACHUSETTS

Race Summary

Attorney General    (2110 of 2111 precincts reporting)
Reilly (D) * 67%     Bailey (R) 33%    
Governor    (2110 of 2111 precincts reporting)
Harshbarger (D) 48%     Cellucci (R) * 51%    
House 01    (240 of 241 precincts reporting)
Olver (D) * 72%     Morgan (R) 28%    
House 02    (0 of 0 precincts reporting)
Neal (D) * 0%    
House 03    (182 of 182 precincts reporting)
McGovern (D) * 57%     Amorello (R) 42%    
House 04    (0 of 0 precincts reporting)
Frank (D) * 0%    
House 05    (187 of 187 precincts reporting)
Meehan (D) * 71%     Coleman (R) 29%    
House 06    (206 of 206 precincts reporting)
Tierney (D) * 55%     Torkildsen (R) 43%    
House 07    (216 of 216 precincts reporting)
Markey (D) * 71%     Long (R) 29%    
House 08    (232 of 232 precincts reporting)
Capuano (D) * 82%     Hyde (R) 12%    
House 09    (0 of 0 precincts reporting)
Moakley (D) * 0%    
House 10    (196 of 196 precincts reporting)
Delahunt (D) * 70%     Bleicken (R) 30%    
Updated November 04, 1998 03:39 P.M. EST

TOP RACES

GOVERNOR: Acting Gov. Paul Cellucci (R), who assumed the governorship in July 1997 after William Weld's resignation, is seeking his first full term. He will face State Attorney General Scott Harshbarger (D).
Stuart Rothenberg's Race at a Glance


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1998 POLLS

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POLL HOURS

7 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET


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SENATOR AND GOVERNOR NOT UP IN 1998

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D); first elected 1962; next election in 2000.
Sen. John Kerry (D); first elected 1984; next election in 2002.


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VACANCIES

1998 vacancies list


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HOUSE DISTRICTS

  • CD1 (West; Berkshire County; Fitchburg; Amherst):
    John W. Olver (inc.) (D); Gregory L. Morgan (R)
  • CD2 (West Central; Springfield; Northampton; Sturbridge):
    Richard E. Neal (D); no Republican candidate
  • CD3 (Central, Southeast; Worcester; coastal towns):
    Jim McGovern (inc.) (D); Matthew Amorello (R)
  • CD4 (Boston suburbs; Newton; New Bedford; part of Fall River):
    Barney Frank (inc.) (D); no Republican candidate
  • CD5 (North Central; Lawrence; Lowell):
    Martin T. Meehan (inc.) (D); David E. Coleman (R)
  • CD6 (North Shore; Lynn; Peabody):
    John F. Tierney (inc.) (D); Peter G. Torkildsen (R)
  • CD7 (Northwest suburbs; Woburn; Framingham; Revere):
    Edward J. Markey (inc.) (D); Patricia H. Long (R)
  • CD8 (Parts of Boston and suburbs; Cambridge; Somerville):
    Michael E. Capuano (D); Philip Hyde, III (R)
  • CD9 (Parts of Boston, southern suburbs; Taunton; Braintree; part of Brockton):
    Joe Moakley (inc.) (D); no Republican candidate
  • CD10 (South Shore; Cape Cod; islands):
    Bill Delahunt (D); Eric V. Bleicken (R)


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    PRIMARY DATE

    September 15

    Primary results


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    FILING DEADLINE

    June 2


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    STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURES

    Total Number: 4

    To Watch:
    Question 2: Public Campaign Financing
    Would change the laws governing public financing of political campaigns beginning in 2002. Candidates who agreed to specific contribution limits would receive a set amount of public funds and the law would ban the transfer of money from national political parties to state political parties for certain causes.


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    PARTY CONTROL

    Governor: Republican
    U.S. Senate: 2 Democrats
    U.S. House of Representatives: 10 Democrats
    State Senate: 33 Democrats, 7 Republicans
    State House of Representatives: 127 Democrats, 28 Republicans, 1 Independent (4 seats vacant)


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    STATE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS

    Senate: All 40 seats up
    House: All 160 seats up


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    PARTY REGISTRATION

    State Projected Voting Age Population: 4,649,000 (1996)
    Registered Voters: (10/14/98) 3,717,832

    Democrats: 1,387,987 37.33%
    Republicans: 485,825 13.06%
    Reform: 2,289 0.06%
    Unaffiliated: 1,830,303 49.23%

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    ELECTORAL VOTES

    12


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    PRESIDENTIAL VOTING HISTORY

    Clinton won in 1996; Clinton in 1992; Dukakis in 1988; Reagan in 1984; Reagan in 1980; Carter in 1976; McGovern in 1972; Humphrey in 1968; Johnson in 1964; Kennedy in 1960.

    LAST TIME VOTED DEMOCRATIC FOR PRESIDENT: 1996

    PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1996:

    Clinton 61%
    Dole 28%
    Perot 9%
    Other 2%

    PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1992:

    Clinton 47%
    Bush 29%
    Perot 23%

    PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1988:

    Dukakis 53%
    Bush 45%

    PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1984:

    Reagan 51%
    Mondale 48%

    PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1980:

    Reagan 41.9%
    Carter 41.7%
    Anderson 15.2%


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    PAST EXIT POLLS

    1992:

    1994:

    1996:


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    TURNOUT

    Historical voter turnout as a percentage of the voting age population 1996-1960


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    DEMOGRAPHICS

    Population: 6,092,000 (1996)
    (% of voting age population)

    White: 92%
    African American: 5%
    Asian:
    Native American:
    Other/Undeclared: 2.9%

    Persons of Hispanic origin account for 4.5% of the voting population (from 1990 Census)


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    STATE TIDBITS

    State Capital: Boston
    State Nicknames: Bay State, Old Colony State

    When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620, they became the first chapter in the Massachusetts story. The Kennedys remain the state's most potent living legacy to the nation, helping to make politics one of the state's favorite spectator sports. Six-term veteran Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II will retire after this term, due in part to the death of his brother, Michael, and to spend more time with his family in Massachusetts. The younger Joe Kennedy was at one time a likely gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts, but public life seems to have taken its toll on the family. Due in large part to much Catholic immigration, the state's Puritan legacy has taken an interesting twist: Massachusetts is arguably a Democratic stronghold with both of its senators and, since 1996, 10 of its representatives Democrats. (But just two years ago, Republicans held two of the 10 House seats.) Sen. John Kerry, now one of the most affluent members of Congress since his marriage to the heiress of the Heinz ketchup fortune, is mulling a presidential bid in 2000.


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    RELATED SITES

    NOTE: External sites will open in a new browser window.

    Government:

    Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Home Page
    http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/
    Massachusetts Election Division
    http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/ele/eleidx.htm
    Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci's Home Page
    http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/gov/gov.htm
    Massachusetts State Senate
    http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/legis/legis.htm
    Massachusetts House of Representatives
    http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/legis/legis.htm

    News Media:

    CNN Affiliates

    WCVB (Boston)
    http://www.wcvb.com/
    WHDH (Boston)
    http://www.whdh.com/
    WWLP (Springfield)
    http://www.wwlp.com/

    State Newspapers

    The Boston Globe
    http://www.boston.com
    The Boston Herald
    http://www.bostonherald.com

    General Interest:

    The White House
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html
    The House of Representatives
    http://www.house.gov/
    The Senate
    http://www.senate.gov/
    Library of Congress -- The Legislative Branch
    http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html
    Congressional Quarterly's American Voter
    http://voter.cq.com/
    Congressional Quarterly's VoteWatch
    http://pathfinder.com/CQ/
    THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
    http://thomas.loc.gov/
    Federal Election Commission
    http://www.fec.gov/
    Democratic National Committee
    http://www.democrats.org/
    Republican National Committee
    http://www.rnc.org/
    Project Vote Smart
    http://www.vote-smart.org
    Policy.com
    http://www.policy.com/


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    Updated: October 27, 1998



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