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Candidates run unopposed in Suffolk County

Jessie O’Leary November 9, 2022
2 Boston are candidates discuss their campaigns as they run unopposed in their general elections
Boston City Councilor and State Senate hopeful Lydia Edwards. Edwards answered questions from East Boston residents regarding immigration, police reform and more at a hybrid public and virtual forum Wednesday. ILLUSTRATION BY CONOR KELLEY/ DFP STAFF

City Councilor makes her case for State Senate seat

Leila El Alam December 7, 2021
State Senate candidate Lydia Edwards attended a hybrid public and virtual forum Wednesday.

Low voter turnout in primary to fill Ed Markey’s vacant seat

Daily Free Press Admin October 16, 2013

Despite low voter turnout on Tuesday in the 24 cities that make up the Fifth Congressional District, Democratic candidate Katherine Clark and Republican candidate Frank Addivinola defeated other candidates...

Democrat Ed Markey defeats Gabriel Gomez for U.S. Senate seat

Daily Free Press Admin June 26, 2013

Democrat Ed Markey edged out Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez on Tuesday to win the special election to fill Secretary of State John Kerry’s former U.S. Senate seat for Massachusetts. Markey gathered...

Sluggish voter turnout in Mass., Boston for Senate special election

Daily Free Press Admin June 26, 2013

Even though Democratic candidate Ed Markey and Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez campaigned until the end of the day, few voters went to polls to cast ballots in the Tuesday special election to fill Secretary...

Barack Obama supports Ed Markey in Boston

Daily Free Press Admin June 12, 2013

With more than 7,000 people in attendance, U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed Democratic candidate Ed Markey before the June 25 special election to fill Secretary of State John Kerry’s vacant U.S....

Markey, Gomez square off on abortion in first Senate debate

Daily Free Press Admin June 6, 2013

U.S. senatorial candidates Ed Markey and Gabriel Gomez went head to head Wednesday in the first of three televised debates leading up to the special election with the candidates disagreeing on abortion,...

Ed Markey endorsed for Senate by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino

Daily Free Press Admin May 26, 2013

With the special election for the U.S. Senate less than a month away, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino endorsed Democratic nominee Ed Markey on Friday in Dorchester. “I’ve been in office a long time,”...

Candidates clash in first Senate special election debate

Daily Free Press Admin March 28, 2013

In the first debate to feature candidates from both parties, the three Republican and two Democratic candidates seeking Secretary of State John Kerry’s former senate seat sparred over social issues,...

3 Mass. candidates prepare campaigns for Markey’s seat

Daily Free Press Admin February 28, 2013

U.S. Rep. Ed Markey is favored to win the special Massachusetts senate election later this year, according to some recent polls, possibly opening his state congressional seat. In reaction to Markey’s...

Special election announced for Mass. Rep. Walz

Daily Free Press Admin February 13, 2013

The June 25 special election this year won’t just see the election of a new U.S. senator, but will also determine who will fill the Eighth Suffolk district seat currently held by Mass. Rep. Martha...

Scott Brown not running for Kerry’s Senate seat

Daily Free Press Admin February 3, 2013

Scott Brown announced Friday he will not enter the special election race for the Republican Party to fill Secretary of State John Kerry’s vacant seat in the Senate, coming as a shock to many who...

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