Did Coakley win the Democratic race for the Kennedy seat?”
BOSTON — Attorney General Martha Coakley has defeated three other candidates to win the Democratic nomination in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. The 56-year-old Coakley is vying to be the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts. She defeated Rep. Michael Capuano (cap-yoo-AH’-noh), City Year co-founder Alan Khazei (KAY’-zee) and Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca (pah-lee-OOH’-kah). Coakley laid the groundwork for her campaign well before Kennedy died — hiring campaign staff, printing signs and securing Web addresses. On the Republican side, State Sen. Scott Brown defeated attorney Jack E. Robinson. The two face off in a general election Jan. 19 for the seat once held by John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster and John F. Kennedy. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below. BOSTON (AP) — State Sen. Scott Brown won the Republican nomination Tuesday in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Ken
Massachusetts Picks Senate Candidates By ROBERT TOMSHO BOSTON — Attorney General Martha Coakley has defeated three other candidates to win the Democratic nomination in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. On the Republican side, State Sen. Scott Brown defeated attorney Jack E. Robinson. Jim Gomes, director of the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise, a policy research group at Clark University, Worcester, Mass., said public interest in filling the seat with someone like Mr. Kennedy, who died Aug. 25 after a bout with brain cancer, faded after the senator’s wife and other family members declined to enter the race. “I have not sensed the voters of Massachusetts looking at this election to find the nearest replica of Sen. Kennedy,” he said. Last month, a Boston Globe poll had found Ms. Coakley leading her nearest rival, U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, among likely voters by 43% to 22%, although strategists said internal polling by the campaigns showed the race has since tig
Attorney General Martha Coakley has defeated three other candidates to win the Democratic nomination in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. On the Republican side, State Sen. Scott Brown defeated attorney Jack E. Robinson. Jim Gomes, director of the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise, a policy research group at Clark University, Worcester, Mass., said public interest in filling the seat with someone like Mr. Kennedy, who died Aug. 25 after a bout with brain cancer, faded after the senator’s wife and other family members declined to enter the race. “I have not sensed the voters of Massachusetts looking at this election to find the nearest replica of Sen.
