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Rep. Edward Markey wins John Kerry's Senate seat in Massachusetts
Los Angeles Times ^ | 06/25/2013 | By Michael A. Memoli

Posted on 06/25/2013 7:44:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Massachusetts voters elevated a veteran congressman to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, choosing longtime Democratic Rep. Edward J. Markey to fill John F. Kerry’s unexpired term.

With 82% of precincts reporting, Markey held an 8-percentage-point lead over Republican Gabriel Gomez, and the Associated Press declared him the winner. Markey will serve 17 months; the seat will be on the ballot again in November 2014.

The race to replace Kerry, who resigned Feb. 1 to become U.S. secretary of State, began with the lessons of another Massachusetts special election fresh in both parties' minds. But the prospect of another upset fizzled after a campaign in which Democrats left little to chance and Republicans lacked the galvanizing issue that "Obamacare" proved to be in the 2010 race won by Scott Brown.

"The lesson from Scott Brown’s accidental win in 2010 was that Democrats must never take a race for granted," said Guy Cecil, executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "Democrats came together at the local and national level, and executed a campaign plan to ensure victory."

This election failed to generate much interest. The state’s chief elections officer projected a record low turnout, with just over a third of 4.3 million registered voters expected to cast ballots. That would be more than 600,000 fewer than in the January 2010 special election prompted by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: johnkerry; markey; massachusetts
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe if they’d have run an actual conservative, then they would have won.

It’s not really a choice when you have two liberals.


41 posted on 06/25/2013 10:39:37 PM PDT by JSDude1 (Is John Boehner the Neville Chamberlain of American Politics?)
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To: SeekAndFind

...so now MA is represented by a black woman and a guy who sounds like Donald Duck...


42 posted on 06/25/2013 10:41:15 PM PDT by Tzimisce (The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
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To: Nervous Tick

Got one too, just unsubscribed immediate from the “we need your eminent support for our RINO Gomez” right after I received it! Didn’t have anymore trouble.


43 posted on 06/25/2013 10:41:46 PM PDT by JSDude1 (Is John Boehner the Neville Chamberlain of American Politics?)
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To: Lancey Howard

Gomez started off squishier than Brown ended up.

Gomez was advocating a $10/hour national minimum wage!


45 posted on 06/25/2013 10:53:54 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: fieldmarshaldj

DJ, by how many years did Markey break the record for most years in the House before being elected to the Senate? Markey spent over 36.5 years in the House.


46 posted on 06/25/2013 11:55:44 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: SeekAndFind

The dems were caught a bit unaware in 2009 with the election of Brown. They made sure to undo that last November and last night. For a repub of any shade to win in MA is a once-in-a-generation event. For a region that has such an honored place in the historical annals of the birth of this country, it sure went whacko with its politics.


47 posted on 06/26/2013 2:24:47 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
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To: ScottinVA

*2010


48 posted on 06/26/2013 2:29:54 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
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To: Nervous Tick

“Good.

Now maybe those Masshole RINO orgs will stop spamming me to death. “Unsubscribe” from one and two more take its place.

(Anyone *else* make the mistake of donating to Scott Brown a few years ago? Or am I the only fool?)”

I’ve had the same problem. I try to unsubscribe, and they won’t stop sending me email.


49 posted on 06/26/2013 5:16:05 AM PDT by Jordo
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To: Lancey Howard

>> We got one critical Mengelecare vote out of Brown (yes, Mengelecare could have been even worse) and that was worth the effort.

Agree. I’m not really sorry I threw the guy $25 or whatever it was.

But I AM really sorry I didn’t have sense enough to use a throwaway email address. :-(


50 posted on 06/26/2013 6:16:04 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: SeekAndFind
He blew off the Republican base and tried to siphon votes from the RAT voter block who would vote for a chunk of rotting wood from under an old outhouse seat if it had (D) next to it, but spouting all of the RAT talking points and positions!

If the Republican Party had the balls to vet their candidates and put up a slate of conservatives that were totally unpalatable to any RAT or Indie who would otherwise cross-over in the primaries, maybe the voters of this shithole of a state would have a choice.

But, no, they won't do it. The RATS would criticize them for not being inclusive. That is why they are called "The Stupid Party".

51 posted on 06/26/2013 7:36:51 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

I’m guessing he broke Speaker Gillett’s record of 32 years.


52 posted on 06/26/2013 8:55:38 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Gillett’s Wikipedia entry says that he, indeed, had the record before Markey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_H._Gillett

Ben Cardin spent 20 years in the House before he was elected to the Senate in 2006, which very well could be the third longest House stretch before election to the Senate.


53 posted on 06/26/2013 10:49:02 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Mass. voters just hate Latino’s


54 posted on 06/27/2013 6:54:20 AM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: rktman

i call it mass of two sh*ts


55 posted on 06/27/2013 8:30:55 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: SeekAndFind; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun; LdSentinal; ...

No surprise here, Gomez ran about even with Scott Brown’s 2012 reelection numbers. The fact that Gomez was competitive in this Democrat bastion provides me with some hope.


56 posted on 06/27/2013 3:18:09 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Muslims are a people of tolerance, life,and peace, and if you don't agree, they'll murder you)
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To: Clintonfatigued; GOPsterinMA

Give it was that close with a such a crappy candidate I’m upset we didn’t run someone better.


57 posted on 06/27/2013 4:52:04 PM PDT by Impy (Bring back the spoils system.)
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