The 2010 Senate race

The special election to replace Senator Edward M. Kennedy in the US Senate.

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IN THEIR OWN WORDS

In op-ed articles for the Globe, the candidates battling for the seat held by the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy explain what they plan to do if elected.
Martha Coakley

Reforming health care

Promoting affordable, quality health care has been one of my top priorities as attorney general, and it will be a top priority if I am elected. National efforts should draw on lessons that we have learned in Massachusetts (Boston Globe, 11/14/09)
Alan Khazei

Raising citizen involvement

We need to move past the tired debate of Big Government vs. Big Business and embrace Big Citizenship. It is always citizens -- involved in politics, service, and movements for change, combined with bold political leadership that changes our country. (Boston Globe, 11/14/09)
Michael Capuano

Protecting our rights, freedom

Balancing the need to combat terrorism with the need to stay true to our values and protect our civil liberties is one of the most critical issues we will face in the years ahead. I am running because we need leadership that is dedicated to those fundamental principles of democracy and freedom. (Boston Globe, 11/14/09)
Stephen Pagliuca

Creating jobs, one at a time

This election is about jobs -- how we create good-paying jobs with quality benefits and how we make those jobs last. The way out of our troubles is growth -- growth in jobs, growth in income, growth in the economy. (Boston Globe, 11/14/09)
Scott Brown

Tax cuts and fiscal discipline

The Senate race comes down to this: all my Democratic opponents will vote to raise taxes even higher, and I will not. Higher taxes will further weaken our economy and put even more people out of work. (Boston Globe, 11/22/09)
Jack E. Robinson

A ‘progressive’ path to reform

I support full and immediate equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual citizens. I want to create jobs by eliminating the capital gains tax on all investments made in 2010. I want to audit the Federal Reserve to find out where almost $10 trillion of our tax dollars went. (Boston Globe, 11/22/09)

Election Info

Primary election
Dec
8
Tuesday, December 8
Special Election
Jan
19
Tuesday, January 19
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Debate coverage

Oct. 26

Rivals sound
Kennedy theme

The four candidates for US Senate each sought to play to a liberal base and win recognition as the rightful heir to Ted Kennedy's seat.
Analysis and opinion
Oct. 29

Candidates pledge to follow Kennedy

The four vying for the seat held by the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy vowed to continue his efforts to reform health care, support workers’ rights, and hold big businesses accountable.
Nov. 12

Candidates turn up volume in radio forum

The four Democrats vying for Edward Kennedy's clashed over health care, congressional earmarks, charter schools -- and a military draft.

Pagliuca aims health ad at rivals

Stephen Pagliuca released the most pointed TV ad yet of the race, calling out rivals Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano as potential obstacles to the passage of health insurance legislation. (Boston Globe)

Senate candidates take a day off

With less than two weeks before the primary in the unusual US Senate race in Massachusetts, the candidates are taking an awkwardly timed brief break. (Boston Globe)

2 back Kennedy in bishop flap

During a TV debate, Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano defended Rep. Patrick Kennedy of R.I. in his public dispute with the Providence bishop. (Boston Globe)

Coakley made deal in 1995 priest case

The 2002 conviction of the Rev. John Geoghan won praise for Martha Coakley, then Middlesex district attorney. But in 1995, as head of the Middlesex child abuse unit, Coakley took a different approach in a case with Geoghan. (Boston Globe)

Coakley leads, but electorate unsettled

Attorney General Martha Coakley has a solid lead in the four-way Democratic race for the open US Senate seat, but nearly three-quarters of likely voters have yet to decide who they will support, according to a Globe poll. (Boston Globe)

A driven underdog candidate

Republican Scott Brown does not consider the GOP's minority status a big handicap in the special election to fill the seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy. (Boston Globe)

Corporate mind, personal touch

Stephen G. Pagliuca is pledging to reform the health care and financial systems and build a better life for the middle class.

Going negative has risky allure for Coakley rivals

The three male Democratic candidates are struggling over the question of whether and how to directly attack the perceived front-runner, Attorney General Martha Coakley. (Boston Globe)

Outsider's career taught political lessons

Alan Khazei, co-founder of City Year, has never held public office, but he is not a true outsider, either. (Boston Globe)

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