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Ed Markey: “History was made in Massachusetts Tuesday night when congressman Joe Kennedy, the grandson of Bobby Kennedy, became the…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2020
History was made in Massachusetts Tuesday night when congressman Joe Kennedy, the grandson of Bobby Kennedy, became the first Kennedy in Massachusetts' history to lose an election in Massachusetts when Senator Ed Markey won the Democratic primary for United States Senate in his bid for re-election this year.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Ed Markey's victory in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary was noted as a significant political event.

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