Massachusetts

Congressional Races:
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Senatorial Race

Population (1994): 6,041,000 (up 0.4% from 1990), 2.3% of U.S. total

Voting-age population: 4,564,000; 1994 turnout, 47%

Median age: 33.6 years

Median household income: $40,500 ($8,236 above U.S. median)

Unemployment: 4.8% (0.8% below U.S. average, March 1996)

Last presidential election:

Clinton (D): 48%

Bush (R): 29%

Perot (I): 22%

Congressional delegation: 10 Democrats, two Republicans

When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620, they became the first chapter in the Massachusetts story. Their descendants are farmers in the state's western meadows, computer technicians in Boston and fishermen in the seaports, and they share a reverence for history and local heroes--everyone from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Larry Bird. But the Kennedys remain the state's most potent living legacy to the nation, with three of the clan now in Congress, helping to make politics one of the state's favorite spectator sports. This year, with John Kerry and Bill Weld battling for a Senate seat, Massachusetts is host to the Super Bowl of congressional races.

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