Certified returns for every federal race in Massachusetts in 2000, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 11 of 11 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
1,616,487
59.1%
Republican
878,502
32.1%
Green
173,564
6.3%
Blank/Scattering
31,022
1.1%
Libertarian
16,366
0.6%
Reform
11,149
0.4%
Other
3,990
0.1%
Unenrolled (Natural Law candidate)
2,884
0.1%
Write-in (Socialist Party candidate)
42
0.0%
Total
2,734,006
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2000 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Edward M. Kennedy
Democrat
1,889,494
69.1%
Jack E. Robinson III
Republican
334,341
12.2%
Carla A. Howell
Libertarian
308,860
11.3%
Philip F. Lawler
Constitution
42,113
1.5%
Dale E. Friedgen
Unenrolled
13,687
0.5%
Philip Hyde III
Timesizing Not Downsizing
8,452
0.3%
Blank/Scattering
134,586
4.9%
Other
2,473
0.1%
Total
2,734,006
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John W. Olver
Democrat
169,375
65.3%
Peter J. Abair
Republican
73,580
28.4%
Robert L. Potvin
Unenrolled
5,157
2.0%
Other
89
0.0%
Blank/Scattering
11,099
4.3%
Total
259,300
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Richard E. Neal
Democrat
196,670
77.5%
Other
2,176
0.9%
Blank/Scattering
55,021
21.7%
Total
253,867
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
James P. McGovern
Democrat
213,065
76.5%
Other
2,496
0.9%
Blank/Scattering
63,009
22.6%
Total
278,570
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Barney Frank
Democrat
200,638
70.8%
Martin D. Travis
Republican
56,553
20.0%
David J. Euchner
Libertarian
10,553
3.7%
Other
136
0.0%
Blank/Scattering
15,501
5.5%
Total
283,381
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Martin T. Meehan
Democrat
199,601
74.4%
Other
4,040
1.5%
Blank/Scattering
64,820
24.1%
Total
268,461
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John F. Tierney
Democrat
205,324
67.6%
Paul McCarthy
Republican
83,501
27.5%
Other
218
0.1%
Blank/Scattering
14,802
4.9%
Total
303,845
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Edward J. Markey
Democrat
211,543
75.6%
Other
2,268
0.8%
Blank/Scattering
66,154
23.6%
Total
279,965
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Michael E. Capuano
Democrat
144,031
71.0%
Other
1,041
0.5%
Blank/Scattering
57,651
28.4%
Total
202,723
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Joseph Moakley
Democrat
193,020
71.2%
Janet E. Jeghelian
Republican
48,672
18.0%
David A. Rosa
Unenrolled
6,998
2.6%
Other
66
0.0%
Blank/Scattering
22,313
8.2%
Total
271,069
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
William D. Delahunt
Democrat
234,675
70.5%
Eric V. Bleicken
Republican
81,192
24.4%
Other
697
0.2%
Blank/Scattering
16,227
4.9%
Total
332,791
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2000 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 358230d84d1c9d85d859e9f311b1f994b6646c0f51da1967bec490a0cfd4d975
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.