Right after the primary for the Massachusetts special Senate race a few polls found that Republican Gabriel Gomez within striking distance of Democratic Ed Markey, but new polling shows Markey with a much more comfortable lead. A new WBUR poll by MassINC Polling Group conducted over the weekend found Markey has an eight-point lead when [...]

Given the strong Democratic leanings of Massachusetts the special election to replace Sen. John Kerry should be a cakewalk for Democratic candidate Ed Markey, yet a new Public Policy Polling survey shows the race is within single digits. Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez is only four points behind Markey. From PPP: PPP’s first poll of the [...]

The Massachusetts special election to replace Sen. John Kerry will be between Democrat Rep. Ed Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez. The two candidates easily won their respective party’s nominations in yesterday’s primary. On the Democratic side, Markey beat fellow House member Rep. Stephen Lynch by a margin of 57.4 percent to 42.6 percent. Markey has [...]

The governor officially setting the Massachusetts special Senate election for June 25th has spurred Rep. Stephen Lynch (D) to finally make a decision. Today Lynch announced that he will run in the special election to replace John Kerry, launching his campaign with a Youtube video asking for volunteers. The video highlights his working class background [...]

It is possible that President Obama has handed Republicans a Senate seat by nominating Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) to be Secretary of State. If former Senator Scott Brown (R) decides to run in the special election he would start off with a large lead over the likely Democratic nominee Ed Markey, according to a new [...]