| Turnout | Edward Kennedy* (D) |
Joe Malone (R) |
Mary Fridley (New Alliance) |
Freda Nason (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 51% | 133,402 | 69.7% | 55,883 | 29.2% | 1,311 | 0.7% | 785 | 0.4% | 8 | 0.0% | 77,519 | 191,389 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Edward Kennedy* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $2,997,045 |
| Total Receipts: | $3,594,440 |
| Cash on Hand: | $735,350 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $2,881,842 |
| Party Contributions: | $17,500 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $339,567 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $4,507 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $21,832 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $27,786 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-5,954 |
| Net Spending: | $2,991,091 |
| Joe Malone | |
| Total Disbursements: | $587,323 |
| Total Receipts: | $617,806 |
| Cash on Hand: | $30,479 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $3,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $577,469 |
| Party Contributions: | $36,652 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $587,323 |
| Freda Nason | |
| Total Disbursements: | $5,165 |
| Total Receipts: | $5,177 |
| Cash on Hand: | $11 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $5,177 |
| 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: | $5,165 |
**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/1988