The special election to replace Senator Edward M. Kennedy in the US Senate.
IN HIS OWN WORDS
A new day is coming:
restore faith and balance
I didn't grow up with all the advantages in life. Being the underdog has taught me to work harder, and to appreciate the opportunities of our state and our country.
Late spending surge fueled race
(AP Photo/ File)
Candidates and groups that supported them spent nearly $23 million on Tuesday’s US Senate election, burning through nearly all of it in the frenzied final three weeks of the contest. (Boston Globe)
- Brown reaches out on Boston Democratic turf
- Dan Payne: What voters were saying at the polls
- Counting on neighbors’ turnout | GOP hopes Brown’s just the start
Brown’s election energizes global warming talks
A bipartisan group of senators including John Kerry has been conducting talks this week with the White House and a key business group over concessions sought by Republicans. (Boston Globe)
- With win behind them, Brown strategists are in demand
- Political newcomer takes short, unhappy ride on bandwagon
- Brown rode anti-Washington wave | Weiss: No thanks, ObamaCare
- Differing strategies on health care | Snowe willing to cooperate
It’s all Scott Brown on Capitol Hill
Senator-elect Scott Brown arrived in the nation’s capital to a reception fit for a celebrity. (Boston Globe)
- Liberal bastions lament as the blue fades
- Coakley reflects on Senate election loss, looks ahead
- Renee Loth The message: Loud but not so clear
- Scot Lehigh Breaking up the healthcare bill
- Dan Shaughnessy Ayla Brown always in the spotlight
- Pick-up truck trendsetter | Photos Politicians’ vehicles
- McGrory American idolized | Photos Brown in D.C.
- Globe Editorial Brown: A welcome burst of spontaneity
Tea Party shows its muscle in Bay State
The Tea Party movement that stoked antitax protests across the US, found its inspiration in Revolutionary-era Mass. (Boston Globe)
- Obama plans media blitz on bank tax, consumer agency
- Brown says he’s ready | Suburbs carried Brown to win
- Graphics Shift since '08 | US House districts | Turnout
Mass. delegation braces for GOP challenges
Scott Brown’s Senate victory Tuesday sent shock waves through the Mass. congressional delegation, many members of which saw key communities in their districts vote Republican. (Boston Globe)
Brown trounces Coakley for Senate
Scott P. Brown pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Massachusetts political history, defeating Democrat Martha Coakley to become the state’s next US senator. (Boston Globe)
- Delay in Senate swearing in fuels health care reform fears
- Victory party jubilation, and a dash of vindication
- Brown's victory speech | Video Brown wins Mass. Senate race
- Photos Scenes from election night | Scenes from the polls
Brown's victory gives GOP surge of confidence
Republicans in Washington and around the country said Scott Brown’s victorious Senate campaign in Massachusetts is a harbinger of a broader party surge. (Boston Globe)
Rebellious air sweeps even Kennedy turf
Edward Kennedy’s hometown did not look or sound like a place deeply attached to the senator’s liberal legacy. (Boston Globe)
- Defeat hard for backers to take
- From Haiti, Mass. relief workers get out the vote
- Victory lifts the hopes of Massachusetts Republicans
Frustration with status quo fuels big turnout
Across Massachusetts, a surge of angry voters flocked to the polls yesterday.
News analysis
Voter anger caught fire in final days
Angry Massachusetts voters sent Washington a ringing message today: Enough. (Boston Globe)
Brian McGrory
Seduced by our new senator
"I’m the Massachusetts Electorate, and I have what is bar none the absolute worst hangover of my entire voting life," the Globe's Brian McGrory writes of Scott Brown's victory in the Senate race. (Globe)
- Globe Editorial In victory, Brown deserves support of all of Mass.
- Globe Editorial But health reform still crucial
- Jeff Jacoby Blessing in disguise
- Scot Lehigh A vote against ObamaCare
- Joan Vennochi Coakley drowns in safe harbor
- Dan Wasserman Mass. tea party
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- Mo. candidate would be among richest in US Senate (AP, 2/3/12)
- In Mass. Senate race, GOP's Brown embracing Obama (AP, 2/2/12)
- Kyrillos makes NJ US Senate candidacy official (AP, 2/1/12)
- POLITICAL NOTEBOOK Senators consider pursuing tax equity (Boston Globe, 1/30/12)
- POLITICAL NOTEBOOK Obama calls for break in gridlock (Boston Globe, 1/28/12)
- US Sen. Brown releases military service record (AP, 1/28/12)