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2010 Massachusetts Special Senate Election-January 19, 2010

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2010 Massachusetts Special Senate Election-January 19, 2010       The candidates for this open Senate seat are Democrat Martha Coakley (the incumbent Attorney General in Massachusetts) and Republican State Senator Scott Brown. As of January 14, 2010, several veteran polling experts all characterized this Senate race as dead even. Given the strong liberal constituency that the late Senator Kennedy enjoyed in his career, the news that a Republican candidate is so close to capturing that Senate seat is a potentially significant blow to President Obama. If the Republicans capture "The Kennedy Seat", Republicans nationwide will be energized for the November elections. On a more immediate level, President Obama's Health Care Reform efforts will be greatly endangered if the Democrats lose their 60-seat supermajority in the Senate. As election day drew closer, both parties brought out their big guns to campaign for the candidates. On January 15, 2010, former President Bill Clinton campaigned for Democrat Coakley in Worcester, while former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani campaigned for Brown in Boston. President Barack Obama appeared to campaign for Coakley on January 17, 2010. On January 19, 2010, Massachusetts voters elected Republican Scott Brown to take the Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy for 47 years in a major upset that set the tone for the upcoming November elections. Brown took 52% of the vote, while Coakley won only 47% of the vote. High turnout in suburban districts with larger numbers of independent voters who voted for Brown helped push him toward the win.   Links and Resources: Kennedyseat.com Scott Brown Campaign website Martha Coakley Campaign website Ten reasons why the Massachusetts Senate race is very, very important--San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 17, 2010 2010 as 1994? Relax, Democrats--LA Times, Jan. 18, 2010 Massachusetts Senate race: Democratic big guns join the fight-Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 15, 2010 Six factors to watch for Tuesday's election--Boston Globe Congressional elections, 2010 - On Politics - Breaking News --USA Today U.S. congressional elections in 2010 - SourceWatch.org RealClearPolitics - Red Dawn: GOP Revival For 2010 House?--RealClearPolitics.com

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