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The battle for Teddy Kennedy's seat fizzles
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Dec 04, 2009 11:28pm |
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| Category | Election Guide |
| Author | Jonathan Martin |
| News Date | Saturday, December 5, 2009 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | NEWTON, Mass. — For years, the anticipation loomed.
Just wait, Massachusetts politicos whispered, until one of the state’s two coveted Senate seats comes open. With all the ambitious, hard-charging Democrats in the House delegation and another generation of Kennedys in the wings, an epic primary was sure to follow.
But the race to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy has become anything but a battle royal.
Tucked between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Tuesday’s long-awaited special primary election features just one House member and no Kennedys. And the first family of Bay State politics hasn’t coalesced behind any candidate.
Without the Camelot aura, the contest has been a low-intensity affair mostly dominated by two veteran politicians — Attorney General Martha Coakley and Rep. Michael Capuano — who are acquainted with the sort of party activists likely to show up for an early-December election. |
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