Dem Rep. Markey Wins US Senate Election In Mass.

[Political Junky]

It was expected but I'm very happy about it. <My comment.

Dem Rep. Markey Wins US Senate Election In Mass. : NPR

BOSTON (AP) &#8212; Longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey defeated Republican political newcomer Gabriel Gomez in a special election on Tuesday for the state's U.S. Senate seat long held by John Kerry, a race that failed to draw the attention that the state's 2010 special Senate election did.

Markey, 66, won the early backing of Kerry and much of the state's Democratic political establishment, which was set on avoiding a repeat of the stunning loss it suffered three years ago, when Republican state Sen. Scott Brown upset Democratic state Attorney General Martha Coakley in the election to replace the late Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Gomez, a 47-year-old businessman and former Navy SEAL, positioned himself as a moderate and Washington outsider who would challenge partisan gridlock, contrasting himself with Markey, who was first elected to the U.S. House in 1976.
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[blackhawk]

Dem wins in a blue state not surprised.

 

[deltex1]

A real momentum builder for the Obabble legacy.

 

[Avatar4321]

Shocking. A moderate Republican loses

 

[sarahgop]

not a surprise. gomez ran as a liberal. why not vote for the real thing?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Gomez never lead in a single poll. Nothing surprising here. Booker will easily win in New Jersey as well.

 

[Unkotare]

What a shock. One more cookie-cutter democrat just moves to a new spot in the machine. Chances are 50/50 he ends up in jail before finishing his term.

 

[National Socialist]

Moderate republican? LMAO...that idiot DONATED TO OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN! He was no republican...just a sore loser democrat who decided to run as a republican.

 

[auditor0007]

Shocking. A moderate Republican loses

They should have run a social conservative tea party type, an Allen West type. I'm sure they would have done better.

 

[National Socialist]

Gomez never lead in a single poll. Nothing surprising here. Booker will easily win in New Jersey as well.

I hope not. A Liberty Republican is running against Booker.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Sooo.... what I'm getting from this thread is that Republicans will only vote for "extreme" candidates? And that moderation is bad?

 

[blackhawk]

Sooo.... what I'm getting from this thread is that Republicans will only vote for "extreme" candidates? And that moderation is bad?

Really that's what your getting?

 

[Hyrcanus]

thank God!!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Dem beats dem-lite in a state where nonliving Dem voters outnumber registered Republicans

 

[Hyrcanus]

Glad to see the Massfolk got electing idiot GOPers out of their system.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Sooo.... what I'm getting from this thread is that Republicans will only vote for "extreme" candidates? And that moderation is bad?

Really that's what your getting?

Are there any moderate republicans you happen to like? B/c I think they're on the way out unfortunately.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Gomez was a truly pathetic candidate. He was worse than Markey, and that's saying something. He ran a terrible campaign, he had no message, and was basically Democrat-lite. I'm glad he lost...Markey won't be in office more than 2 terms, while Gomez would have been bounced in 2014, probably by a YOUNGER moonbat who could stay in office for 30 years.

 

[Hyrcanus]

Are there any moderate republicans you happen to like? B/c I think they're on the way out unfortunately.

Moderate Republicans, especially ones who are willing to work with Democrats to find common ground, are becoming an extinct species.

This is VERY bad for the GOP, but very good for Democrats.

In a decade or so, there will be only two types of politicians in Congress:

Moderate Liberals/Conservatives and extremist Republicans.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Moderate republican? LMAO...that idiot DONATED TO OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN! He was no republican...just a sore loser democrat who decided to run as a republican.

He's a Jake Starkey Republican

 

[blackhawk]

Sooo.... what I'm getting from this thread is that Republicans will only vote for "extreme" candidates? And that moderation is bad?

Really that's what your getting?

Are there any moderate republicans you happen to like? B/c I think they're on the way out unfortunately.

Guess it depends on your definition of moderate I don't think there are moderates in either party.