Posted on 08/29/2026 3:34:50 PM PDT by Libloather
In an election cycle where young socialists have been knocking off members of the Old Guard, 80-year-old Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey is out to prove he’s radical enough to survive.
The oldest Dem seeking reelection this year partnered with AOC on her “Green New Deal” in 2019 and touts “Medicare for All,” which has become a rallying cry for the socialist wing of the party.
He is up by double digits in the polls against Marine Corps vet Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), 47, who faces off with Markey Tuesday in the deep blue state — and began his campaign against him by calling him “too old.”
Moulton ran for president in 2019 and pulled the plug after four months. He is considered a centrist, but says Democrats “need to fight Trump harder.”
A University of New Hampshire poll out last week shows how key age is to his support – but indicates Massachusetts voters prefer Markey even while doubting he’ll make it through a six-year term in good shape.
The poll shows 27% of Markey’s voters back him for his politics or ideology, while 58% of Moulton supporters back him because of “age.”
“Markey is too old and too far left,” said one respondent who supports Moulton. A stunning 43% believe Markey “probably would not” or “definitely would not” be mentally and physically capable of serving out his term. Thirty-four percent say he would, and 23% don’t know. But Markey leads comfortably anyway, 63-28.
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Ed Markey CENTRIST?
LOL, lol, lol, lol !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
good point.
We should do the same for Chuckie when AOC takes him on.
Markey has never been mentally fit for the job. He was a hard core lefty when he was young and after all these years, he’s still a hard core lefty. Total ass—-e!
He is a typical elderly corrupt politician...using Taxpayers’s money to pay for his old folks home (i.e., Congress). Likely he isn’t aware of his pathetic decline.
This is how egotistical these politicians are. 80 freaking years old and still think his time hasn’t come to give us a BREAK FROM HIM. NO HONOR
Markey’s attack ad actually made Moulton sound pretty good, but there really isn’t any difference between the two.
He hasn’t been mentally able for most of his career.
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