| Turnout | Edward Kennedy* (D) |
Raymond Shamie (R) |
Howard Katz (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 45% | 103,643 | 65.9% | 52,314 | 33.3% | 1,347 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 51,329 | 157,308 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Edward Kennedy* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,843,040 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,957,906 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $500 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $1,163,387 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-1,162,887 |
| Net Spending: | $680,153 |
| Raymond Shamie | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,956,588 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,752,503 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $2,064 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $2,064 |
| Net Spending: | $1,958,652 |
| Howard Katz | |
| Total Disbursements: | $389 |
| Total Receipts: | $392 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $389 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/MA/1982