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❓What happened last night: Ed Markey cruises, Richard Neal & Stephen Lynch win closer races
Sen. Ed Markey (left), Rep. Richard Neal (center), and Rep. Stephen Lynch (right) are all longtime members of Congress from Massachusetts. Each won renomination in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. (Images via Facebook pages and campaign websit...
Massachusetts Primary Livestream!
How about a little Massachusetts mayhem to start September? The solidly blue Bay State holds its primary election today, which features many major Democratic races. Ideological and generational clashes abound, most notably the U.S. Senate m...
🗳️ Massachusetts’s upside-down generational primary challenge
Sen. Ed Markey (left) faces Rep. Seth Moulton (right) in Massachusetts’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Unlike many Democratic primary contests this cycle, the older candidate (Markey) is running as the more progressive choice compared...
📈 The race for the Senate is a toss-up
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Don’t look now, but the battle for the Senate is nearly a pure toss-up. In Decision Desk HQ’s midterm election forecast, Republicans now have a 52% chance of winning a majority, while Democrats have a 48%...
Episode 41: Are Senate Polls Overrating Democrats’ Chances? With Patrick Ruffini of Echelon Insights
Democrats have closed the gap in Decision Desk HQ’s Senate forecast. Their chances have particularly been boosted by strong polls in red-leaning states like Ohio, Alaska, Texas, and Iowa. But is there reason to doubt some of this positive p...
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