Electoral history of Ed Markey

This is the electoral history of Ed Markey, a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts. He was previously a Democratic Representative from Massachusetts, representing the 7th and 5th districts. Markey was first elected in a 1976 special election to replace the deceased Torbert Macdonald, and was re-elected in every subsequent election. He was also the Democratic candidate, and winner, of the 2013 special election, for the United States Senate.

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts House of Representatives District 81 Democratic Primary election, 1974
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	+%
Democratic	Edward Markey	2,433	40.5%
Democratic	John McNeil	1,946	32.4%
Democratic	John Brennan, Jr.	1,623	27.0%

Massachusetts House of Representatives District 81 election, 1974
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	+%
Democratic	Edward Markey	5,810	81.6%
Independent	Vernon Newman	1,308	18.4%

Massachusetts 7th Congressional District Democratic Primary special election, 1976
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	+%
Democratic	Edward Markey	22,137	21.6%
Democratic	Joseph Croken	16,298	15.9%
Democratic	Vincent LoPresti	13,787	13.4%
Democratic	Stephen McGrail	13,757	13.4%
Democratic	George McCarthy	12,838	12.5%
Democratic	William Reinstien	5,989	5.8%
Democratic	William Hogan	5,143	5.0%
Democratic	Robert Donovan	5,083	5.0%
Democratic	Jack Left	4,266	4.2%
Democratic	Robert Leo	1,759	1.7%
Democratic	Rose Marie Turino	852	0.8%
Democratic	Bartholomew Conte	756	0.7%

Massachusetts 7th Congressional District Democratic Primary election, 1980
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	+%
Democratic	Edward Markey (inc.)	29,190	84.8%
Democratic	James Murphy	5,247	15.2%

Massachusetts 7th Congressional District Democratic Primary election, 1984
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	+%
Democratic	Edward Markey (inc.)	55,248	53.9%
Democratic	Samuel Rotondi	41,507	40.5%
Democratic	Philip Doherty	2,873	2.8%
Democratic	Michael Barrett	2,396	2.3%
Democratic	Michael Gelber	387	0.4%

Massachusetts 7th Congressional District Democratic Primary election, 2002
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	+%
Democratic	Edward Markey (inc.)	73,014	84.9%
Democratic	James Hall	12,964	15.1%

United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2013 - Democratic Primary^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Markey	309,854	57.4%
	Democratic	Stephen Lynch	229,973	42.6%

United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2013^[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Edward Markey	642,988	54.84%
Republican	Gabriel Gomez	525,080	44.78%
Twelve Visions Party	Richard Heos	4,518	0.39%

2014 United States Senate election in Massachusetts^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Markey (Incumbent)	1,285,736	61.96%
	Republican	Brian Herr	789,378	38.04%
Total votes			2,075,114	100%
	Democratic hold

2020 United States Senate election in Massachusetts - Democratic Primary^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Markey (incumbent)	782,694	55.4%
	Democratic	Joe Kennedy III	629,359	44.6%
Total votes			1,412,053	100%

2020 United States Senate election in Massachusetts - General Election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Markey (incumbent)	2,357,809	66.15%
	Republican	Kevin O'Connor	1,177,765	33.05%
	Independent	Shiva Ayyadurai (write-in)	21,134	0.59%
	Write-in		7,428	0.21%
Total votes			3,564,136	100.0%
	Democratic hold