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Coakley Will Win MA Senate Nomination, But By Smaller Than Expected Margin
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Dec 07, 2009 04:14pm |
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| Category | Speculative |
| Author | Deborah White |
| News Date | Monday, December 7, 2009 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Turnout is expected to be very light on December 8th, Tuesday, when Massachusetts voters go to the primary polls to decide the Democratic and Republican candidates to succeed Sen. Ted Kennedy, who passed away on August 26, 2009. Sen. Kennedy occupied the U.S. Senate seat for 46 years.
Per all polls, frontrunner state Attorney General Martha Coakley holds a substantial lead over an interesting field of four candidates.
Despite Ms. Coakley's lead in the polls, low voter turnout can be a wild-card that leads to unpredicted results. And, as the editor of the Boston Business Journal penned about Coakley, "She has been about as exciting as a dial tone in this race."
On Sunday, though, Attorney General Coakley won the former President Bill Clinton's endorsement, which will be robo-called to 500,000 Bay State voters.
Coakley is expected to draw the lion's share of Democratic women's votes, largely due to her uncompromising pro-choice stances, her vociferous support of Hillary Clinton in the 2008 presidential race, and her strong support of gay marriage. |
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