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Massachusetts Special Election

The race to fill Massachusetts' vacant US Senate seat is on. Stay up to date on the latest developments from the campaign trail. Voters head to the polls on June 25.
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Gomez on the campaign trail six days out, Markey absent

Republican Senate hopeful Gabriel Gomez attended a fundraiser on Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile, with six days left until the election Democrat Ed Markey had no public campaign events.

Markey on the campaign trail

Markey on the campaign trail
Congressman Ed Markey is leading in the polls, has raised more money than his Republican opponent, and is buoyed by a formidable machine powered by hundreds of loyal activists.

Gomez tries to connect with voters

Gomez tries to connect with voters
Cohasset businessman Gabriel Gomez has made a point of showing he is campaigning for every vote but his approach also showcases the challenge he faces of trying to topple a 37-year House veteran.

Markey, Gomez clash in heated final debate

Markey, Gomez clash in heated final debate
With only a week left before voters go to the polls in the US Senate special election, Gabriel Gomez and Ed Markey drove home arguments over term limits, taxes, and terrorism.
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Vice President Joe Biden to visit Dartmouth, South Boston for Markey on Saturday

Vice President Joe Biden will campaign for Democratic Senate nominee Edward J. Markey in South Boston and Dartmouth on Saturday, according to a White House official. Democratic sources said on Wednesday that Biden was scheduled to visit the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and the Local 7 Ironworkers Hall in South Boston, which was a center of operations for Markey primary opponent US Representative Stephen F. Lynch.

Gomez on the trail six days out, Markey absent

US Senate hopeful Gabriel E. Gomez attended a Boston fundraiser this afternoon, imploring about 30 donors there to talk to their friends and get out the vote, saying victory was possible with their help.

Ed Markey, Gabriel Gomez clash in heated debate, with special Senate election only a week away

With only a week left before voters go to the polls, the two candidates for US Senate let loose tonight with their full arsenals in a heated third and final debate, driving home arguments that have resonated throughout the compressed special election calendar. Democratic nominee Edward J. Markey repeatedly pushed Republican nominee Gabriel E. Gomez on gun control, while Gomez swatted at Markey for being an entrenched member of Congress who has consistently backed higher taxes.

Donald Berwick, former Obama administration official, launches run for Mass. governor

Dr. Donald M. Berwick, a former Obama administration official, today announced he is running for governor in 2014. “As a doctor, an educator, an innovator and someone who has dedicated his professional career to making things work better and to helping people – I am ready to lead,” the Newton Democrat said in a statement announcing his candidacy. Berwick, a pediatrician, former Harvard faculty member, and a former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has been exploring a run in recent months.

Senate rolls out new welfare bill aimed at curbing EBT abuse, encouraging employment

Welfare applicants would need to prove they have searched for employment before receiving cash benefits, under legislation that Senate leaders unveiled Monday morning.

National politics: Latest news

  • Markey, Gomez heading into final campaign stretch

    BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts's special U.S. Senate election heads into its final stretch after Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey engaged in some testy exchanges during their final debate.(   06/19/2013 5:17 AM )

  • Markey, Gomez clash in final US Senate debate

    BOSTON (AP) -- Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey clashed over Markey's record in Congress and Gomez's background in business during the final and often testy debate of their U.S. Senate campaign.(   06/19/2013 12:33 AM )

  • House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as yet another example of the GOP war on women. The legislation, sparked by the murder conviction of a Philadelphia late-term abortion provider, would restrict almost all abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception, defying laws in most states that allow abortions up to when the fetus becomes viable, usually considered to be around 24 weeks. It mirrors 20-week abortion ban laws passed by some states, and lays further groundwork for the ongoing legal battle that abortion foes hope will eventually result in forcing the Supreme Court to reconsider the 1973 Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, that made abortion legal.(   06/19/2013 12:00 AM )

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