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US Senate 2013 special election

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  • Markey
    57%Winner

  • Lynch
    43%

  • Gomez
    51%Winner

  • Sullivan
    36%

  • Winslow
    13%

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    The candidates

    Republican
    Gabriel Gomez

    Gabriel Gomez

    Businessman and ex-Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez officially launched his US Senate campaign on Feb. 12, becoming the second Republican to announce a bid for the seat formerly held by Democrat John Kerry. Gomez has never held elective office and is positioning himself as an outsider, pointing to ‘‘a lot of unproductive noise and bickering’’ in Washington.
    Democrat
    Edward J. Markey

    Edward J. Markey

    US Representative Edward Markey announced Dec. 27 that he will run for the US Senate seat that opened with the nomination of John Kerry to head the State Department. Markey, 66, a Malden Democrat first elected to the House in 1976, was the first prominent candidate to declare a run for Kerry’s seat.
    Independent
    Jack E. Robinson

    Jack E. Robinson

    A perennial Republican candidate in Massachusetts Jack E. Robinson said he has taken out nomination papers to run as an independent for the US Senate. Robinson said in a statement on Feb. 4 that he switched his voter registration to independent last year. As a Republican, Robinson ran unsuccessfully in the past for several political offices, including twice for the US Senate.

    Michelle Obama to headline fundraiser for Democrat Markey

    First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to appear at a Boston fundraiser for Rep. Ed Markey's US Senate campaign later this month, a sign that Democrats are pulling out the party's big guns.
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    Scenes of victory, defeat from Primary Day

    Photos: Special election primary night
    GOP nominee Gabriel E. Gomez (left) and Democratic nominee Rep. Edward J. Markey will vie for the state's vacant US Senate seat. AP Photos
    Photos: Special election primary night
    Linda Broadford (left), Judy Kendall, and Dawn Piche (right) cheered after a television report called the race for Ed Markey. Bill Greene / Globe Staff
    Photos: Special election primary night
    Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis was hugged as he entered Rep. Ed Markey's primary night party. AP Photo
    Photos: Special election primary night
    Rep. Ed Markey and wife Susan Blumenthal celebrated after winning the Democratic primary for the special US Senate election. AP Photo
    Photos: Special election primary night
    Senator Elizabeth Warren congratulated Rep. Ed Markey on winning the Democratic nomination for US Senate. AP Photo
    Photos: Special election primary night
    Republican nominee Gabriel Gomez gave high fives to his supporters before delivering his victory speech. Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff
    Photos: Special election primary night
    Gabriel Gomez acknowledged the audience last night as he stood on stage with daughters Olivia, 13, Antonia, 10, and wife Sarah. AP Photo
    Photos: Special election primary night
    Gabriel Gomez delivered his victory speech last night at the Red Lion Inn in Cohasset. AP Photo
    Photos: Special election primary night
    GOP candidate Dan Winslow delivered his concession speech to supporters last night in Boston. Reuters
    Photos: Special election primary night
    Republican Mike Sullivan stood next to his wife as he conceded victory to opponent Gabriel Gomez in Abington last night. AP Photo
    Photos: Special election primary night
    Stephen F. Lynch was accompanied by wife Margaret conceded to Rep. Ed Markey at his headquarters in Dedham. Essdras M. Suarez / Globe Staff

    Latest on the US Senate race in Mass.

    • Elizabeth Warren to appear at Senate colleague Reed's fund-raiser

      Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is scheduled to appear at a fund-raiser for Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed, a fellow Democrat, April 29 at the Rhode Island Convention Center. It's the second major local fund-raiser for Reed, who will be seeking a fourth term in the Senate in 2014. Reed had $1.9 million in his campaign account at the end of 2012. (   04/21/2013 3:31 AM )

    • Mass. congressional delegation sponsors resolution to honor marathon victims and bring perpetrators to justice

      Senators Elizabeth Warren and William "Mo" Cowan delivered speeches on the Senate floor this afternoon to memorialize the victims of Monday's attack at the Boston Marathon, while Secretary of State John F. Kerry spoke about the bombing during a hearing this morning at the House Foreign Affairs Committee. All three state officials spoke of how the people of Massachusetts would mourn but would be buoyed by the nation's support and not cowed by the perpetrators. The state's full delegation of nine senators and two congressmen also introduced a resolution that "condemns the senseless attacks in Boston, Massachusetts, on Monday, April 15, 2013," and "commits to working together as united Americans to bring the perpetrator or perpetrators of the attacks to justice." (   04/17/2013 3:35 PM )

    • Scott Brown not ruling out run for office in New Hampshire

      Saying "I don't think I'm done with politics," former US Senator Scott Brown stressed his ties to New Hampshire following a speech in Nashua on Thursday and refused to rule out a run for elective office in the Granite State.(   04/05/2013 4:34 AM )

    • With Mayor Thomas M. Menino's decision not to run again, can his political machine survive?

      They hold political signs. They dress polling places with candidates' placards. They drive sound trucks blaring slogans in Spanish and Cape Verdean Creole. (   03/31/2013 1:55 AM )

    • Michael Sullivan's Senate team adds 3 veteran GOP operatives

      A longtime top aide to former senator Scott Brown has joined Republican Senate candidate Mike Sullivan's team, the campaign announced today, along with two veterans of former governor Mitt Romney's campaigns. Greg Casey, who was Brown's chief of staff in the state Senate and deputy chief of staff on Capitol Hill, will work as a campaign adviser, Sullivan aides said. Matt St. Hilaire, who the campaign said has served GOP governors dating back to former governor Paul Cellucci, will be senior campaign strategist. Owen Dorney, a deputy finance director for Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, will be campaign finance director for Sullivan. (   03/25/2013 4:53 PM )

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