Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and Massachusetts State Senator Scott P. Brown who represents the Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex District have won their parties' respective primaries amid low voter turnout to replace the seat of the late Ted Kennedy who died after losing his battle with brain cancer last August. Coakley won out by 47 percent over three other candidates, who included Representative Michael Capuano who represents Massachusetts' 8th congressional district; Alan Khazei , the co-founder and former CEO of City Year , a national youth service organization which was founded in Boston; and Stephen Pagliuca , a managing director of private equity firm Bain Capital and managing partner of the Boston Celtics basketball team. Brown, the State Senator for the Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex District and an officer in the Army National Guard , won by a landslide with 89 percent over Jack E. Robinson III , an attorney and businessman who ran against Ted Kennedy as the Republican nominee in the 2000 Senate election along seeking two other offices. Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin said that he expected turnout to be "very light" with 500,000 to 900,000 voters out of Massachusetts 4.1 million registered voters participating. He added that the turnout would be much closer to "to the 5 than to the 9." Galvin further noted that turnout would mostly consist of Democrat and Republican voters and not independents noting that, "My instinct is that the independents are not participating." Capuano's campaign hoped that low turnout would help him due to the large number of voters in the Boston area where Capuano is widely known and liked due to his representation of the area plus his past as Mayor of Somerville , Massachusetts. The winner will take over the Senate seat once held by Ted Kennedy himself along with former Presidents John Quincy Adams and the brother of Ted Kennedy, John F. Kennedy. Other notable past Senators include Daniel Webster, Charles Sumner, Henry Cabot Lodge ,  and his son Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. The winner will replace Paul G. Kirk , a longtime friend of Senator Kennedy who is currently holding the seat as a interim appointee.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley Massachusetts and who represents the Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex District have won their parties' respective primaries amid low voter turnout to of the late who died after losing his battle with brain cancer last August. Coakley won out by 47 percent over three other candidates, who included Representative who represents ; , the co-founder and former CEO of , a national youth service organization which was founded in Boston; and , a managing director of private equity firm and managing partner of the basketball team. Brown, the State Senator for the Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex District and an officer in the , won by a landslide with 89 percent over , an attorney and businessman who ran against Ted Kennedy as the Republican nominee in the along seeking two other offices. said that he expected turnout to be "very light" with 500,000 to 900,000 voters out of Massachusetts 4.1 million registered voters participating. He added that the turnout would be much closer to "to the 5 than to the 9." Galvin further noted that turnout would mostly consist of Democrat and Republican voters and not independents noting that, "My instinct is that the independents are not participating." Capuano's campaign hoped that low turnout would help him due to the large number of voters in the Boston area where Capuano is widely known and liked due to his representation of the area plus his past as of , Massachusetts. The winner will take over the Senate seat once held by Ted Kennedy himself along with former Presidents and the brother of Ted Kennedy, . Other notable past Senators include , , , and his son The winner will replace , a longtime friend of Senator Kennedy who is currently holding the seat as a interim appointee.
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Stephen Pagliuca
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Jack E. Robinson III
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Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin
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John Quincy Adams
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Daniel Webster, Charles Sumner, Henry Cabot Lodge
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