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Ed Markey Wins Massachusetts Democratic Senate Primary

Senator Ed Markey, 80, won the Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday, defeating Representative Seth Moulton, 47. Moulton had argued Markey was too old to be effective and called for new party leaders. Markey, seeking a third term, prevailed with a progressive message. In a separate House primary, former Biden White House aide Dan Koh won the Democratic nomination in Massachusetts' Sixth Congressional District.

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Ed Markey Wins Massachusetts Democratic Senate Primary, Defeating Younger Challenger NYTimes – US
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The progressive Senator, who is seeking a third term in the upper chamber, has defeated moderate Rep. Seth Moulton.

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Ed Markey Wins Massachusetts Democratic Senate Primary, Defeating Younger ChallengerNYTimes – US
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Ed Markey Wins Massachusetts Democratic Senate Primary, Defeating Younger Challenger

The oldest senator in Massachusetts history used a progressive message to beat Representative Seth Moulton, 47, defying calls for generational change.

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TIME

80-Year-Old Sen. Ed Markey Holds Off Younger Challenger in Democratic Primary

The progressive Senator, who is seeking a third term in the upper chamber, has defeated moderate Rep. Seth Moulton.

Former Biden White House Aide Wins Massachusetts Democratic House PrimaryNYTimes – US
NYT

Former Biden White House Aide Wins Massachusetts Democratic House Primary

Dan Koh, who ran with the endorsement of former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., topped a crowded field to secure the nomination in the safely Democratic Sixth Congressional District.

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Guardian

Senator Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Democratic primary

Incumbent, 80, beats back challenge from Seth Moulton, who argued Markey was too old to be effective at his job Senator Ed Markey won the Democratic primary in Massachusetts on Tuesday, beating back a challenge from Seth Moulton, a congressman who tried to unseat him by arguing to voters his opponent was too old to be effective at his job. Massachusetts is heavily Democratic, making the senator favored to win a thir…

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Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey wins Massachusetts' Democratic primary for US Senate

Bucking a push for younger leadership this election season, Sen. Ed Markey, 80, won the Democratic nomination against Rep. Seth Moulton, 47, who said that his party needed new leaders.

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