2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts
The 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was a special election held on January 19, 2010 to fill the Massachusetts Class I United States Senate seat for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2013. The election was won by Republican candidate Scott Brown. The vacancy that prompted the special election was created by the death of Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy on August 25, 2009. Kennedy had served as a U.S. senator since 1962, having been elected in a special election to fill the vacancy created when his brother John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States in 1960. Following Kennedy's death, Paul Kirk, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was appointed to fill the vacated Senate seat. The primary election was held on December 8, 2009. The Democratic Party nominated Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, while the Republican Party nominated State Senator Scott Brown. The race drew national attention because Brown unexpectedly...
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