1958 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

none March 2026 September 2023 1958 United States Senate election in Massachusetts Massachusetts 1908 presidential no 1952 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1952 1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts 1962 (special) November 4, 1958 150x150px John F. Kennedy Senate Portrait (cropped).jpg John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) 1,362,926 73.20% File:VincentCeleste.png Vincent Celeste Republican Party (United States) 488,318 26.23% 300px County results 300px| Municipality results 1 250px Kennedy: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Celeste: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) The 1958 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 4, 1958. Democratic incumbent John F. Kennedy was reelected to a second six-year term, defeating Republican candidate Vincent J. Celeste. This election was a rematch of the 1950 election for Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, where John F. Kennedy also defeated Vincent Celeste. Democratic primary Candidates John F. Kennedy, incumbent Senator since 1953 Results Senator Kennedy was unopposed for renomination. Republican primary Candidates Vincent J. Celeste, East Boston attorney and candidate for U.S. Representative in 1950 and 1952 Results Celeste was unopposed for the Republican nomination. General election Candidates Vincent J. Celeste, East Boston attorney and candidate for U.S. Representative in 1950 and 1952 (Republican) Lawrence Gilfedder, perennial candidate (Socialist Labor) John F. Kennedy, incumbent Senator since 1953 (Democratic) Mark R. Shaw, perennial candidate (Prohibition) Campaign Kennedy was overwhelmingly popular in Massachusetts and the 1958 elections were a wave election favoring the Democratic Party. Celeste's campaign was poorly funded but the candidate worked 17-hour days, running his campaign out of his law offices and attempting to frame the race as one pitting a working-class child of Sicilian immigrants against "that millionaire Jack Kennedy."https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/02/17/vincent-celeste-jfk-senate-opponent-dies/uChX42VI0vXZzmNAreheRL/story.html Vincent Celeste, at 90; JFK's US Senate opponent in '58 The Boston Globe 17 Feb 2015 13 Dec 2020 The Kennedy campaign had bought and produced thousands of pieces of campaign material with the slogan "Be Proud of Your Vote!" but scrapped them after Celeste's nomination, as Senator Kennedy's father Joe thought the slogan could alienate Italian-Americans and divide the state on ethnic lines. Results Kennedy defeated Celeste by a margin of 874,608 votes; this represented the largest margin of victory in a statewide Massachusetts election up to that point.John F. Kennedy January 16, 2017 https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-F-Kennedy United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1958 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=94556 Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1958 www.ourcampaigns.com Democratic Party (United States) John F. Kennedy (incumbent) 1,362,926 73.20% 21.86 Republican Party (United States) Vincent J. Celeste 488,318 26.23% 22.12 Socialist Labor Party of America Lawrence Gilfedder 5,457 0.29% 0.09 Prohibition Party (United States) Mark R. Shaw 5,335 0.29% 0.18 1,862,036 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) References Mas 1958 Senate Senate