Massachusetts will be holding a special election, to fill the vacancy of one of it's Senate seats that was held by longtime Senator Ted Kennedy(D-MA) who died in August of 2009. The two main candidates that are running are Democrat Martha Coakley who is the current Attorney General of Massachusetts, and Republican State Senator Scott Brown. There is also an independent candidate, Joesph Kennedy, who is an IT executive however his support is rather marginal.
So far in terms of the campaign for the Senate seat, the race is being treated as a forgone conclusion by both the Republicans and Democrats. So much actually, that Martha Coakley has been on vacation and out of the pubic eye for most of the Campaign time, In addition Coakley has made a number of verbal errors and flip flops recently including saying that her election to the Senate "would be on the job training". However recent polling in the Commonwealth has shown the race closer then expected, and Scott Brown has been campaigning heavily despite a lack of support from the National and Senatorial GOP.
I think in the end Coakley will win since this is Massachusetts. However, it could be by a close margin the way things are going, and the slim chance of an upset can't be ruled out.
Here are some links on the race,
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2010/senate_race/
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opi...e_for_answers/
So far in terms of the campaign for the Senate seat, the race is being treated as a forgone conclusion by both the Republicans and Democrats. So much actually, that Martha Coakley has been on vacation and out of the pubic eye for most of the Campaign time, In addition Coakley has made a number of verbal errors and flip flops recently including saying that her election to the Senate "would be on the job training". However recent polling in the Commonwealth has shown the race closer then expected, and Scott Brown has been campaigning heavily despite a lack of support from the National and Senatorial GOP.
I think in the end Coakley will win since this is Massachusetts. However, it could be by a close margin the way things are going, and the slim chance of an upset can't be ruled out.
Here are some links on the race,
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2010/senate_race/
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opi...e_for_answers/
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