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Democratic Rep. Ed Markey Tuesday won a special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts, topping Republican businessman and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez in an election marked by low voter turnout.

The contest was the second time in three years that Massachusetts voters headed to the polls in a special U.S. Senate election with national implications.

In January 2010, little-known Republican state Sen. Scott Brown upset Martha Coakley, the Commonwealth's Democratic attorney general, in a contest to fill the remainder of the term of longtime Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died the previous summer. Brown's victory set the stage for the GOP wave in the November 2010 midterm elections.

Fast forward three years, and this time there was no upset.

With 100% of precincts reporting, Markey led Gomez 55%-45%, according to local media reports.

Markey, who had led in all the pre-election public opinion polls, will serve the remaining year and a half of the term of longtime Democratic Sen. John Kerry, who stepped down earlier this year after being confirmed as U.S. secretary of state.

Brown, who lost his Senate seat last November when he was defeated by Democrat Elizabeth Warren, passed on running in this special election, setting the stage for Gomez, who had never held public office.

While the GOP looked to comparisons to the 2010 special election and Gomez aides predicted a shocker, much has changed since Brown's upset victory.

Markey will succeed William "Mo" Cowan. Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick appointed his former chief of staff to serve as interim senator after Kerry stepped down.

If he wants to stay in the Senate past next year, Markey will need to run for re-election in November 2014, when a full six-year term will be at stake. Gomez has hinted that he'll run again, and minutes after the election was called, some national Republicans already had their eyes on a rematch. More at http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/politics/massachusetts-senate/index.html
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Originally posted by whozit:
So the guy that supported Obama beat the other guy who supported Obama.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
"Looks like you can still buy an election."


Someone should tell that to the Koch brothers. Oh, wait - they already tried that. Oh well - maybe Karl Rove can still try. Again.

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Originally posted by Niki2:

Remarks about how much money was spent and that it allowed anyone to "buy" the election are nothing but pathetic sour grapes, considering the GLUT of money Republicans have spent on various elections.

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Everyone always tries to "buy" the election; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. That the Democrats thought this one was worth putting money into and that Markey was able to get that much in contributions, and that the Republicans obviously DID NOT think it was worth investing in and Gomez did NOT get a lot of contributions, means nothing, except that Geezer is desperate for some kind of snark. It's a really poor one.

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Originally posted by Geezer:

Seems like big money is okay - or not - depending on who gets it.

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

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Originally posted by Niki2:

Remarks about how much money was spent and that it allowed anyone to "buy" the election are nothing but pathetic sour grapes, considering the GLUT of money Republicans have spent on various elections.

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How much $ did the GOP spend on THIS election ?

* Markey spent $5.4 million on his campaign between April 11 and June 5, while Gomez spent just $1.6 million.

http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/06/senate_candidate_ed
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Everyone always tries to "buy" the election; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. That the Democrats thought this one was worth putting money into and that Markey was able to get that much in contributions, and that the Republicans obviously DID NOT think it was worth investing in and Gomez did NOT get a lot of contributions, means nothing, except that Geezer is desperate for some kind of snark. It's a really poor one.

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What it all comes down to is this. When it's Romney or the Koch brothers, it's evil, and a travesty in US politics. But when it's George Soros, or the array of Unions, THAT is democracy!

I'm thinking of a very bad word to say now, but won't use it.

I'll simply say - HYPOCRITE !

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