Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey has won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts.
The race centered on whether Markey, 80, was too old to serve a third term in the Senate. The longtime liberal stalwart will be 86 by the end of his next term.
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey defeated Rep. Seth Moulton in the Senate primary in Massachusetts, NBC News projects, in a victory for the party’s progressive wing.
Sen. Ed Markey has fended off a challenge from Rep. Seth Moulton in the Massachusetts Democratic primary for Senate, Decision Desk HQ projects. Moulton, a 47-year-old who’s served in the House for six terms, had lodged a generational change campaign against Markey, an 80-year-old who served 20 terms in the House and is seeking a…
The primary is crucial in heavily Democratic Massachusetts, and the winner will be expected to prevail in November's general election.
Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey has won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is all but certain to secure a third term in the November general election after clinching the Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary Tuesday against the younger, more centrist Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA). The race was called for Markey at 8:31 p.m. by the Associated Press. He garnered 74.1% to Moulton’s 25.9% with […]