Current Events > Ed Markey beats Joe Kennedy III, making the first loss for a Kennedy in Mass.

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Senator Edward J. Markey turned back a primary challenge Tuesday from Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, handing the Kennedy family its first-ever electoral loss in Massachusetts and demonstrating the growing strength of the progressive left.
Mr. Markey was winning by about 10 points when Mr. Kennedy telephoned to concede the race late in the evening, according to a Kennedy campaign official.
The incumbent was able to forge a coalition of younger and more liberal Democrats, the sort of voters who once formed the core of the Kennedy base.
By winning renomination in a generational clash and the marquee Democratic Senate primary of the year Mr. Markey, 74, proved that the ascendant left is not eager to simply throw out long-serving incumbents in favor of younger rivals, such as the 39-year-old Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Markey, who was first elected to Congress in 1976, was able to outflank Mr. Kennedy with progressives, leaving the heir of Massachusettss most storied political dynasty little opening.
The mail and TV blitz that Mr. Kennedy deployed in recent weeks that depicted his grandfather, Robert F. Kennedy, and great-uncles did little to affect the outcome.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/us/politics/massachusetts-senate-vote-results.html? action=click&module=ELEX_results&pgtype=Interactive&region=ReporterUpdates

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What a dork.

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privileged white male lost to an older privileged white male

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