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U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., will not go unchallenged in his bid for re-election. At least two Republicans intend to seek the GOP nomination to run against the state's senior senator next year. Neither Ken Chase nor Kevin Scott are known statewide, and neither will have the money Kennedy can bring to the race. Chase is from Belmont and ran unsuccessfully against U.S. Rep. Ed Markey last year. Scott is a former Wakefield selectmen. Chase told the Cape Cod Times that despite 44 years in the Senate, Kennedy has failed to solve many of the nation's biggest problems, including its...

.S. Senate hopeful Kevin Scott discussed the importance of gaining moderate support for his 2006 campaign against incumbent Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54, D-Mass., last night to about 15 students in the Leverett JCR. The discussion—sponsored by the Republicans for Social Economic Policy (RSEP), a caucus of the Harvard Republican Club—focused on the importance of convincing Massachusetts residents to vote their views, not their affiliations. “The Democratic party is going so far to the left on so many issues,” Scott said. “We’ve got to put forward the image that a moderate Republican is electable.” Scott was optimistic about his chances...

Last week, he introduced himself to 15 Republicans at Reading Public Library, 20 at ParkView Specialty Hospital in Springfield, and 12 assembled over slices at Caruso Pizza in Melrose. Thursday brought a welcome treat: 100 Republicans in a ballroom in Pittsfield, rapt and ready for his pitch. No crowd is too small, no event too far-flung for Kevin P. Scott, Wakefield Republican on a mission. The former selectman and member of the town Board of Public Works has been barnstorming the state hoping to be more David than Don Quixote. Despite the odds, he wants to unseat US Senator Edward...