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Tsongas to back Coakley for Senate

Print | Comments () Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor October 27, 2009 07:38 PM

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By Matt Viser, Globe Staff

Representative Niki Tsongas, a Lowell Democrat, is endorsing Attorney General Martha Coakley on Wednesday for the Senate seat formerly held by the late Edward M. Kennedy.

Tsongas is the first member of the Massachusetts congressional delegation to endorse someone other than their colleague, Representative Michael Capuano, in the Dec. 8 Democratic primary.

Capuano has been endorsed by three other congressional members from Massachusetts: Barney Frank, Jim McGovern, John Tierney, and Stephen Lynch.

The Tsongas endorsement is scheduled to take place at 2:30 p.m. at the VFW Post 662 in Lowell.

Massachusetts has never elected a female US senator, and Tsongas is currently the only female member of the state's congressional delegation.

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