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  MA US Senate - Special
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Parents > United States > Massachusetts > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
TypeSpecial Election
Filing Deadline April 03, 2013 - 12:00pm
Polls Open June 25, 2013 - 06:00am
Polls Close June 25, 2013 - 07:00pm
Term Start June 26, 2013 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorAshley
Last ModifiedIndyGeorgia July 11, 2016 10:00pm
Data Sources
DescriptionTo fill the seat vacated by the appointment of Senator John Kerry as Secretary of State.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameJohn F. Kerry Votes1,971,974 (65.86%)
Term01/03/2009 - 02/01/2013 Margin1,045,930 (+34.93%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Edward J. Markey
Safe 30
Strong 5
Lean 1
Slight 3
2
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

02/11/2013 06/22/2013

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Edward J. Markey Gabriel Gomez Richard Heos (W) Write-In
PartyDemocratic Republican Twelve Visions Nonpartisan
Votes645,429 (54.80%) 525,307 (44.60%) 4,550 (0.39%) 2,504 (0.21%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -120,122 (-10.20%) -640,879 (-54.41%) -642,925 (-54.59%)
Predict Avg.56.50% 30.33% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Suffolk University 
06/19-06/22
52.00% (+0.0) 42.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Emerson College 
06/19-06/20
51.00% (+9.0) 41.00% (+5.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Western New England University 
06/16-06/20
49.00% (-2.0) 41.00% (+5.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
McLaughlin & Associates (R) 
06/17-06/19
47.00% (+2.0) 44.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Boston Herald 
06/15-06/19
56.00% (+0.0) 36.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
OnMessage Inc. (R) 
06/16-06/17
47.00% (+1.0) 40.00% (-3.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 09, 2013 03:00pm Scandal Gomez took $281,500 home tax deduction  Article karin1492 
May 06, 2013 03:00pm News 3rd party senate candidate has long odds  Article Jed 
Apr 23, 2013 09:20am Endorsement Lynch, Winslow [Lowell] Sun's Senate choices  Article Miro 
Mar 24, 2013 10:00pm Press Release Libertarian Daniel Fishman Withdraws Campaign For Special Massachusetts Senate Election  Article Miro 
Feb 16, 2013 10:00pm News With Brown out, Massachusetts Republicans still upbeat about special election  Article RBH 
Feb 06, 2013 02:00pm News Fishman to seek [MA] Senate seat  Article Miro 

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