Gomez, Markey Grapple in Final Senate Debate

The U.S. Senate candidates have one week to go before voters head to the polls.

  Gabriel Gomez and Edward Markey spent their final debate before next week's US Senate special election clashing over their records and who has the better vision for both their commonwealth and their country. The debate was taped in Boston, broadcast on several local networks and moderated by veteran city newsman and Boston University professor R.D. Sahl. It was the last of three contests before voters head to the polls to fill U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's former seat. No matter the issue, be it taxes, gun control, abortion, national security and their own personal and professional histories, the two men found disagreements at every turn. Each candidate could agree on one thing: they believe the other candidate's ideas are "old …

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Gomez, Markey Set For Final Senate Debate

Debate to air on WCVB Tuesday at 7 p.m.

  Another U.S. Senate election for Massachusetts is drawing to a close, with the two combatants set to square off one final time before voters head to the polls June 25. Democratic Congressman Edward Markey of Malden and Republican businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez will hold the last of three debates Tuesday evening in the race to fill the seat formerly held by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The debate will air live from 7 to 8 p.m. on WCVB (Channel 5). The debate will be moderated by R.D. Sahl of Boston University. The two previous debates for the candidates were held in Boston and Springfield. Recent polling has suggested an edge for Markey in the race. Both candidates have received visits from high-profile …

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Markey Up 48-41 on Gomez in New Suffolk Poll

Margin between the two Senate candidates was 52-35 a month ago.

  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez has narrowed the polling gap with Democratic candidate Edward Markey in a new Suffolk University poll. In a survey of what the university called 500 "tightly-screened" likely voters, Markey has garnered 48 percent of support to Gomez's 41 percent. Ten percent have not yet made up their minds while one percent refused to answer and another one percent are supporting Twelve Visions candidate Richard Heos. “Ed Markey continues to lead but the margin has dwindled,” said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston in a statement along with Monday's poll results. “Markey’s core ballot test number has fallen below 50 percent and recent Obama …

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Andrei Radulescu-Banu

8:00 am on Saturday, June 15, 2013

The real news here is that the poll inexplicably narrowed from 52-35 a month ago to 48-41 now. How is the narrowing of the poll explained? Perhaps this election will be about national news instead of local-centric concerns after all. Here is a Commentary magazine commentary on the topic: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/11/are-obamas-scandals-hurting-markey//12/…   more ›

Obama to Stump for Markey This Week

AP reports the president will campaign for the Senate hopeful in Copley Plaza.

  President Barack Obama will campaign in Boston this week for Democratic Congressman Edward Markey in the U.S. Senate special election race, according to an Associated Press report published by CBS Boston. The president recently issued his endorsement of Markey's bid and First Lady Michelle Obama also appeared at a Boston fundraiser for Markey. The AP reports President Obama will attend a fundraiser for Markey in Copley Plaza this Wednesday, June 12. The Boston Herald was first to report on the visit, according to the AP. Markey will face Republican Cohasset businessman and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez in the June 25 election to replace U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Senate.

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Gomez, Markey Spar in First Senate Debate

Gun control, health care, economy, foreign policy among major topics in first meeting of candidates.

  Gabriel Gomez and Edward Markey engaged Wednesday in their first debate before the U.S. Senate special election this month, and the tone was markedly similar to the tone of the overall campaign thus far. Gomez, the Republican Cohasset businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL, and Markey, the Democratic Malden congressman since his election in 1976, jabbed at each other during the hour-long debate at WBZ-TV's studios and sponsored by the news station and the Boston Globe. Topics for the evening included gun control, health care, the economy, foreign policy, recent national political scandals, immigration and abortion. Time and again, Gomez pounded Markey for his years in Washington, painting the congressman as out of touch with Bay State …

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Gomez, Markey to Square Off in First Debate

The Senate candidates will face each other in a live, televised debate Wednesday.

  The Republican and Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate special election later this month are set to square off in the first of three scheduled debates Wednesday night. According to an Associated Press article printed in the Boston Herald Monday, Republican businessman Gabriel Gomez of Cohasset and Democratic Congressman Edward Markey of Malden will debate at the WBZ-TV studios Wednesday in a debate sponsored by the TV station and the Boston Globe. WBZ previously reported the debate will take place and air live from 7 to 8 p.m. WBZ political analyst Jon Keller will moderate. According to the Herald, subsequent debates will take place on June 11 in western Massachusetts and June 18 back in Boston. The campaigns reportedly spent weeks…

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In Lexington, Carole King Leads Chorus of Support for Ed Markey

The singer-songwriter in stopped by a canvassing event in Lexington on Saturday, June 1.

Carole King has been criss-crossing the commonwealth over the past few days in support of Democratic US Senate candidate Ed Markey, and one of her stops was here in Lexington. The “You’ve Got a Friend” singer stopped by a canvassing event held Saturday, June 1 in Lexington, to sing a few bars and show her support for Markey, the longtime congressman who has represented Lexington in the US house for more than three decades. King told the crowd she has known Markey for years, and that he is the kind of candidate who represents her concerns about issues like the environment. Following a few words and, of course a short sing-a-long, King posed for pictures and signed autographs before the canvassers headed out. The event was held at the home …

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When Is the Special State Election Registration Deadline?

The registration deadline is fast approaching for unregistered voters who want to cast ballots in the June 25 special state election.

Democracy rarely waits for dust to settle, let alone the dissipation of "pond scum." Fact is: In a politically hyperactive year like this one, special elections and registration deadlines come fast and furious. So, as the sparring heats up between US Senate candidates Ed Markey, the Democratic congressman who represents Lexington in the US House, and Gabriel Gomez, the GOP candidate from Cohasset, let's pause to sort out the details. The special state election to name the next US Senator is scheduled for June 25. And so, for unregistered resdients who will be 18 on or before June 25, the deadline to register to vote in the special election is 8 p.m. next Wednesday, June 5. (Voter registration deadline is 20 days prior to all local, state …

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Markey Leads Gomez in New Suffolk/WHDH Poll

Congressman leads Gabriel Gomez by 17 points.

A new Suffolk University/7NEWS (WHDH) poll shows a strong lead for Democratic U.S. Congressman Edward Markey over Republican businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez in the race for the U.S. Senate special election. The poll of 500 likely voters has Markey at 52 percent and Gomez at 35 percent. Eleven percent of voters in the poll were undecided. A third-party candidate, Richard Heos of the Twelve Visions Party, got 1 percent and another 1 percent refused to respond. David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston, said along with the announcement of the poll that Markey has "a large lead over his Republican opponent who voters are unsure about." Indeed, 32 percent of those polled said …

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Special US Senate Primary: Where and When to Vote in Lexington

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, April 30.

Another Election Day in Lexington and the polls, as usual, will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. Check Lexington Patch throughout the day for updates and, eventually, results. For all Lexington residents planning to vote in today's special US Senate primary, here is what you need to know: Who's on the ballot? Six candidates -- three Democrats and three Republicans -- have emerged in in the race to replace John Kerry in the U.S. Senate after his appointement as Secretary of State earlier this year.   The Dems: Stephen Lynch, Edward Markey and Brett Rhyne (write-in candidate). The GOPers: Gabriel Gomez, Michael Sullivan and Dan Winslow. Specimen Ballots: Polling Places Lexington has nine precincts and eight polling places. They are …

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