2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts

2014 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
	Markey: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Herr: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%; Tie: 40–50%
U.S. senator before election; Ed Markey; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Ed Markey; Democratic

2014 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

Election

The 2014 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, concurrently with the election of the Governor of Massachusetts, other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

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Incumbent Democratic Senator Ed Markey ran for re-election to a first full term in office.^[1] Primary elections were held on September 9, 2014. Markey was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Hopkinton Selectman Brian Herr was also unopposed for the Republican nomination.

General election

Polling

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Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[18]	Solid D	November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[19]	Safe D	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report^[20]	Safe D	November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics^[21]	Safe D	November 3, 2014

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ed Markey (D)	Brian Herr (R)	Other	Undecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine	July 5–24, 2014	1,846	± 4.9%	61%	34%	2%	3%
Boston Globe	September 14–16, 2014	407	± 4.85%	53%	27%	—	21%
Rasmussen Reports	September 16–17, 2014	750	± 4%	49%	31%	5%	15%
WBUR/MassINC	September 16–21, 2014	502	± 4.4%	58%	30%	1%	11%
WNEU	September 20–28, 2014	416 LV	± 5%	56%	34%	—	10%
WNEU	September 20–28, 2014	536 RV	± 4%	52%	34%	—	14%
Suffolk University	September 25–28, 2014	500	± 4.4%	54%	30%	—	16%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	September 20 – October 1, 2014	2,389	± 2%	54%	31%	1%	14%
WBUR/MassINC	October 1–4, 2014	504	± 4.4%	56%	30%	1%	13%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	October 16–23, 2014	2,218	± 3%	54%	32%	0%	14%
WBUR/MassINC	October 22–25, 2014	494	± 4.4%	57%	32%	1%	9%
Umass Amherst	October 20–27, 2014	591 LV	± 4.4%	53%	37%	—	9%
Umass Amherst	October 20–27, 2014	800 RV	± 3.8%	52%	32%	—	15%
Suffolk University	October 27–29, 2014	500	± 4.4%	49%	34%	—	17%
WNEU	October 21–30, 2014	430 LV	± 5%	54%	34%	—	12%
WNEU	October 21–30, 2014	522 RV	± 4%	53%	31%	—	17%
Public Policy Polling	October 30 – November 2, 2014	887	± 3.3%	52%	38%	—	10%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ed Markey (D)	Frank Addivinola (R)	Other	Undecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov Archived 2014-09-08 at the Wayback Machine	July 5–24, 2014	1,901	± 4.9%	59%	34%	2%	5%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	August 18 – September 2, 2014	3,361	± 2%	53%	28%	2%	17%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ed Markey (D)	Scott Brown (R)	Other	Undecided
MassInc	July 17–20, 2013	500	± 4.4%	43%	38%	2%	17%
Public Policy Polling	September 20–23, 2013	616	± 4%	46%	45%	—	9%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Kerry (D)	Generic Republican	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	September 13–16, 2012	1,051	± 3.3%	54%	33%	—	13%
Public Policy Polling	October 9–11, 2012	1,051	± 3.0%	53%	32%	—	15%
Public Policy Polling	November 1–2, 2012	1,089	± 3.0%	54%	30%	—	15%

2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts

2014 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

Background

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Did not qualify

Declined

Independent

Candidates

Withdrew

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

See also

References

External links

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ed Markey (incumbent)	1,289,944	61.87%	+7.07%
	Republican	Brian Herr	791,950	37.98%	-6.62%
	Write-in		3,078	0.15%	-0.06%
Total votes			2,084,972	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

District	Herr	Markey	Representative
1st	37.63%	62.37%	Richard Neal
2nd	41.99%	58.01%	Jim McGovern
3rd	42.04%	57.96%	Niki Tsongas
4th	41.38%	58.62%	Joe Kennedy III
5th	30.65%	69.35%	Katherine Clark
6th	42.06%	57.94%	John F. Tierney
7th	15.62%	84.38%	Michael Capuano
8th	39.06%	60.96%	Stephen Lynch
9th	44.54%	55.46%	Bill Keating