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Burt Glass, marketing and communications director at Boston University’s College of Communication, moderated a Virtual Speaker Series panel Wednesday entitled “Political Ads: What Do Candidates Get For $1 Billion?” hosted by COM. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

COM professors, political scientists say political ads can persuade low-interest voters

Mita Kataria October 16, 2020
With a presidency and 35 Senate seats to decide on in less than a month, candidates are leaving no stone unturned to appeal to their voters. Boston University’s College of Communication hosted a panel Wednesday entitled, “Political Ads: What Do Candidates Get For $1 Billion?”
Democratic Sen. Edward Markey faced off against his Republican challenger Kevin O’Connor in their first and only debate before the Nov. 3 election. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Markey and O’Connor meet in first and only debate together

Jun Li October 6, 2020
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and Republican nominee Kevin O’Connor faced off in their first and only debate Monday evening. The two are competing for a U.S. Senate seat.
LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Markey wins Democratic Senate nomination

Allison Pirog September 2, 2020
“Tonight is more than just a celebration of the movement. It is a reaffirmation of the need to have a movement. A progressive movement of young people demanding radical change, demanding justice.”
Mass. voters to choose congressional candidates in Sept. 1 primary

Mass. voters to choose congressional candidates in Sept. 1 primary

Daily Free Press Staff August 31, 2020
Massachusetts is gearing up for a primary election unlike any the state has seen before. Voters are choosing their party’s U.S. Congress candidates Tuesday, while the state battles a pandemic and record unemployment rates.
Polling station in Concord, New Hampshire. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, voting may look different this year for high-risk voters in Massachusetts if a bill allowing the use of mail-in ballots passes in the state’s Senate. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

A look at current Mass. politics amid pandemic and partisan turmoil

Jane Avery June 11, 2020
From the pandemic to the 2020 Presidential Election, Massachusetts politics is in for a change this fall. Here's the political breakdown for the state.
Mass. Sen. Ed Markey in the WGBH’s Brighton studio after the first U.S. Senate primary debate against Mass. Rep. Joe Kennedy in Brighton Tuesday. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Markey and Kennedy spar in first primary debate for U.S. Senate

Matthew Sensabaugh February 19, 2020
Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey faced off against Rep. Joe Kennedy III in their first televised primary debate Tuesday evening in the race for the U.S. Senate. Both candidates are competing for the Massachusetts seat.
Massachusetts senator Ed Markey, shown in Coolidge Corner on Nov. 17, was endorsed for reelection by labor union 32BJ SEIU Friday. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

Labor Union 32BJ SEIU endorses Massachusetts Sen. Markey for reelection

Gabe Koiishe December 9, 2019
32BJ SEIU, a union representing more than 175,000 service workers, decided to endorese Markey due to the Senator's work on immigration reform.
Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey addresses campaign volunteers at a 2020 Senate reelection strategy session held at the Coolidge Corner Library Sunday. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Markey speaks about Green New Deal, Trump to Brookline supporters

Joel Lau November 18, 2019
Markey, who is running against Massachusetts Representative Joe Kennedy III in his reelection bid, encouraged supporters to build grassroots support.
EDITORIAL: Joe Kennedy III should support his potential Senate race with fresh policy ideas

EDITORIAL: Joe Kennedy III should support his potential Senate race with fresh policy ideas

Editors September 3, 2019

Joe Kennedy III, who serves Massachusetts’ 4th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, confirmed last week he was considering running against Ed Markey, the current senior senator...

Hundreds gathered at the Boston Common Sunday for a vigil remembering the victims of Saturday’s shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that killed at least 11 people. SOPHIE FALKENHEIM/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston holds vigil in solidarity with victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Sophie Falkenheim October 28, 2018
Over a thousand people gathered Saturday on the Boston Common Sunday for a vigil that honored those who died in the shooting at Tree of Life Congregation, a synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Hundreds took to Copley Square Sunday to express their support for the third ballot question in the upcoming Massachusetts general election. PHOTO BY RACHEL SHARPLES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Residents rally in support of transgender protections in Massachusetts

Haley Lerner September 16, 2018
Over 500 Massachusetts residents flooded Copley Square Sunday to support the upholding of statewide protections for transgender individuals in the Commonwealth.
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey speaks at a rally for clean energy. Markey and U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III increased pressure on federal regulators to reevaluate energy prices across New England. PHOTO BY KAREN MURPHY/FLICKR

Markey, Kennedy push for review of energy costs

Gabriela Arriaga February 3, 2015

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey and U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III pressed for a reevaluation of current energy prices due to record-high costs across the region, according to a Friday press release. A letter was...

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