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Markey, Gomez advance to Mass. special election showdown
Washington Post ^ | April 30, 2013 | Sean Sullivan

Posted on 04/30/2013 6:44:02 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Massachusetts Rep. Edward J. Markey won the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State John Kerry’s old Senate seat Tuesday, advancing to summer special election campaign against Republican Gabriel Gomez which the Democrat will be heavily favored to win.

With 60 percent of precincts reporting, the Associated Press called the race for Markey, who led Rep. Stephen F. Lynch 57 percent to 43 percent.

Three years after Massachusetts Democrats nominated Attorney General Martha Coakley, a flawed candidate who was upset by Republican Scott Brown in the race for late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s seat, Democratic leaders sought to clear the field early for Markey, the liberal dean of the state’s congressional delegation. Both Kerry and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee backed him from day one.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: edwardjmarkey; gabrielgomez; gomez; kerry; markey; massachusetts; senate; specialelection; ussenate
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To: BillyBoy

Jack Robinson is so liberal it was painful to listen to him. big gay marriage guy.


21 posted on 05/01/2013 8:09:35 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (we're the Beatniks now)
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To: GOPsterinMA

thanks. Go Lynch


22 posted on 05/01/2013 8:24:56 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (we're the Beatniks now)
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To: campaignPete R-CT; Impy; cradle of freedom; fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA; AuH2ORepublican; ...
The biggest problem with Gomez is he talks out of both sides of his mouth on every issue, to paraphrase him it's: "I'm a proud pro-life Catholic BUT Roe v. Wade is settled law and I won't interfere with a woman's right to choose", "I'm pro-2nd amendment and support gun owners rights BUT I believe in reasonable gun control restrictions", "I'm against illegal immigration and want to secure the border BUT we need a pathway to citizenship and college opportunities for undocumented workers", etc., etc. The only one issue where he didn't throw a bone towards conservatives is gay marriage, he simply states he's totally in the gay marriage camp.

Weird that some people saw him as the "grassroots conservative" choice. I guess by Massachusetts standards he's conservative, but Gomez' positions are to the left of both Scott Brown and Michael Sullivan.

I didn't know Jack E. Robinson is a big gay marriage guy now. He probably "evolved" on the issue as well, I remember when he ran against Ted Kennedy about 10 years ago, and he sounded fairly decent back then ("whatever Ted Kennedy is for, I'm against")

I'd probably still cast a protest vote, if there's anyone at least semi-decent on the ballot against Markey and Gomez.

23 posted on 05/01/2013 10:26:00 AM PDT by BillyBoy ( Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: campaignPete R-CT; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj

Polls show Brown could have won, he lead Markey. Wussed out? But talks of running in NH? Bizarre. Despite being a more Republican state by a mile I’d surely say he has much less of a chance carpetbagging there and winning.

So Winslow, the state Rep., he was the most conservative? I didn’t even bother to look into him. I didn’t figure there were any in the General Court.

Jack E. seems like a bigger d-bag than Gomez, if I were to support a d-bag it would be the one who would get 40% rather than one that will get 1%, there is also a Libertarian on the ballot, Fishman, I think he’s run before.

And Lynch can go, to hell. Is he gonna challenge Markey in the primary for the full term next year?


24 posted on 05/02/2013 12:00:56 AM PDT by Impy (All in favor of Harry Reid meeting Mr. Mayhem?)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Who cares...Mass is a useless state full of useless morons.


25 posted on 05/02/2013 12:03:37 AM PDT by Fledermaus (I'm done with the GOP. Let them wither and die. We need to start over.)
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To: BillyBoy

Right, anyone that uses the term “settled law” shouldn’t be making laws.

No law is settled.


26 posted on 05/02/2013 12:04:48 AM PDT by Fledermaus (I'm done with the GOP. Let them wither and die. We need to start over.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Meant to ping you to #24.


27 posted on 05/02/2013 12:25:00 AM PDT by Impy (All in favor of Harry Reid meeting Mr. Mayhem?)
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To: campaignPete R-CT
Gomez beat the liberal GOPer, Sullivan. 55 to 30 to 15 for Winslow (the more conservative)

Gomez got 51%, Sullivan 36%, and Winslow 13%.

On the Jackass side, Malarkey beat Lynch 57.4% to 42.6%.

www.politico.com/2013-election/results/senate/primary/massachusetts/

I voted for Sullivan in the primary. I thought about voting for Winslow, but he, like Gomez, had a history of contributing to Donks. Plus, he looked like the last-place guy going in, so it seemed wiser to back Sullivan.

I'll be voting for Gomez in the general, even if it means Malarkey will still be my Congresscritter if Gomez wins (not likely). On the optimistic side, maybe Malarkey will retire out of depression if he loses.

28 posted on 05/02/2013 12:53:19 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Fledermaus
One way or another, being a race for U.S. Senator, can affect all of us. It is to replace John Kerry's seat and the other senator, Lizzie Warden, is being touted as a presidential candidate in 2016.
29 posted on 05/02/2013 6:31:54 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama is the "Disco Duck" president. A no-substance novelty that reached number one.)
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To: BillyBoy

Is there someone from the Constitution Party running?


30 posted on 05/02/2013 3:21:36 PM PDT by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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