Next month, a Republican with a track record of winning in one of the nation’s most Democratic states and a prosecutor seeking to become Massachusetts’... More Below...
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Next month, a Republican with a track record of winning in one of the nation’s most Democratic states and a prosecutor seeking to become Massachusetts’ first female senator will compete in a special election that could determine the balance of power in the US Senate.
In the Bay State’s primary Tuesday, Scott Brown, a state senator and Army reservist who in 1982 was named “America’s Sexiest Man” by Cosmopolitan magazine, won the Republican nomination. Meanwhile, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley topped a field of four Democrats.
A third-party candidate named Joseph Kennedy is also on the ballot. He is no relation to Sen. Edward Kennedy, whose death in August triggered what will be the first major election in the new year.
They’ll face off in a special election Jan. 19.
Holding onto the seat means keeping a 60-vote majority in the Senate for Democrats, enough to stop a Republican filibuster.
(article and photo source: USA Today)
