Massachusetts

Not Even Marathon Bombings Can Shake Up The Massachusetts Senate Race

Hunter Walker | April 25, 2013, 9:48AM

Reps. Stephen Lynch, left, and Edward Markey, right.

While the Boston Marathon bombing has dominated headlines and airwaves for the past two weeks, there's another story playing out in Massachusetts that has gotten far less attention: the special Senate election to fill the seat vacated when John Kerry was named secretary of state. On Tuesday, voters will head to the polls for the primary in that race and pick the final candidates in each party in a race defined by a breakneck pace forced by Kerry's departure, bickering, and the backdrop of the bombing.

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