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A party primary election determining the winners of party nominations occurred on December 8, 2009.<ref name="Boston Globe-Phillips-2009-08-28">{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/28/galvin_presents_two_dates_for_election_to_fill_senate_seat|title=Galvin presents two dates for vote: Kerry Healey explores possible campaign|date=August 28, 2009|accessdate=August 28, 2009|work=Boston Globe|first=Frank|last=Phillips|coauthors=Matt Viser}}</ref><ref name="Boston Globe-Phillips, Viser, Ryan-2009-08-31">{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/08/patrick_to_make.html|title=Governor sets date for special Senate election, presses for interim appointment|work=Boston Globe|first1=Frank|last1=Phillips|coauthors=Matt Viser & Andrew Ryan|date=August 31, 2009}}</ref> The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] nominated [[Martha Coakley]], the [[Massachusetts Attorney General]]; The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nominated [[Scott Brown (politician)|Scott Brown]], a Massachusetts [[Massachusetts Senate|State Senator]].
A party primary election determining the winners of party nominations occurred on December 8, 2009.<ref name="Boston Globe-Phillips-2009-08-28">{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/28/galvin_presents_two_dates_for_election_to_fill_senate_seat|title=Galvin presents two dates for vote: Kerry Healey explores possible campaign|date=August 28, 2009|accessdate=August 28, 2009|work=Boston Globe|first=Frank|last=Phillips|coauthors=Matt Viser}}</ref><ref name="Boston Globe-Phillips, Viser, Ryan-2009-08-31">{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/08/patrick_to_make.html|title=Governor sets date for special Senate election, presses for interim appointment|work=Boston Globe|first1=Frank|last1=Phillips|coauthors=Matt Viser & Andrew Ryan|date=August 31, 2009}}</ref> The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] nominated [[Martha Coakley]], the [[Massachusetts Attorney General]]; The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nominated [[Scott Brown (politician)|Scott Brown]], a Massachusetts [[Massachusetts Senate|State Senator]].


The race drew national attention due to Brown's unexpectedly closing the gap and running with, or even ahead of, Coakley in recent independent and internal polling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latestpolls/2010.html |title=Election 2010 Polls |publisher=RealClearPolitics |date= |accessdate=2010-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://beforeitsnews.com/story/12244/Martha_Coakley_Internal_Senate_Poll_Losing_to_Scott_Brown_by_3_Points.html |title=Martha Coakley Internal Senate Poll Losing to Scott Brown by 3 Points &#124; Before It's News |publisher=Beforeitsnews.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cohen |first=Rachelle |url=http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1226262&pos=breaking |title=Energized Brown mocks desperate Dems - BostonHerald.com |publisher=News.bostonherald.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-20}}</ref> Polls closed at 8:00 PM Eastern time. At 9:06 PM, [[BNO News]] projected Brown as the winner of the race.<ref name="wireupdate1">{{cite web|url=http://wireupdate.com/wires/434/republican-brown-wins-massachusetts-u-s-senate-election-6/ |title=Republican Brown wins Massachusetts U.S. Senate election - Breaking News &#124; Wire Update News &#124; News Wires |publisher=Wireupdate.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-20}}</ref> At 9:15pm, the ''Boston Globe'' reported that Coakley had telephoned Brown and conceded the election.<ref name="politico1">{{cite web|last=Smith |first=Ben |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0110/Globe_Coakley_concedes.html |title=Coakley concedes - Ben Smith |publisher=Politico.Com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-20}}</ref>
The race drew national attention due to Brown's unexpectedly closing the gap and running with, or even ahead of, Coakley in recent independent and internal polling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latestpolls/2010.html |title=Election 2010 Polls |publisher=RealClearPolitics |date= |accessdate=2010-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://beforeitsnews.com/story/12244/Martha_Coakley_Internal_Senate_Poll_Losing_to_Scott_Brown_by_3_Points.html |title=Martha Coakley Internal Senate Poll Losing to Scott Brown by 3 Points &#124; Before It's News |publisher=Beforeitsnews.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cohen |first=Rachelle |url=http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1226262&pos=breaking |title=Energized Brown mocks desperate Dems - BostonHerald.com |publisher=News.bostonherald.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-20}}</ref> Polls closed at 8:00 PM Eastern time. At 9:06 PM, [[BNO News]] projected Brown as the winner of the race.<ref name="wireupdate1">{{cite web|url=http://wireupdate.com/wires/434/republican-brown-wins-massachusetts-u-s-senate-election-6/ |title=Republican Brown wins Massachusetts U.S. Senate election - Breaking News &#124; Wire Update News &#124; News Wires |publisher=Wireupdate.com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-20}}</ref> At 9:15 pm, the ''Boston Globe'' reported that Coakley had telephoned Brown and conceded the election.<ref name="politico1">{{cite web|last=Smith |first=Ben |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0110/Globe_Coakley_concedes.html |title=Coakley concedes - Ben Smith |publisher=Politico.Com |date= |accessdate=2010-01-20}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==

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United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010
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Nominee Scott Brown Martha Coakley
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,168,107 1,058,682
Percentage 51.9% 47.1%
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The 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was a special election held on January 19, 2010, in order to fill the Massachusetts Class I Senate seat for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2013. 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 Senator since 1962, having himself initially been elected in a special election in 1962 to fill the vacancy created when his brother, John F. Kennedy, was elected as President of the United States in 1960. The seat is currently held by an appointee, Senator Paul Kirk, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, who is not a candidate in the election to complete the term.

A party primary election determining the winners of party nominations occurred on December 8, 2009.[1][2] The Democratic Party nominated Martha Coakley, the Massachusetts Attorney General; The Republican Party nominated Scott Brown, a Massachusetts State Senator.

The race drew national attention due to Brown's unexpectedly closing the gap and running with, or even ahead of, Coakley in recent independent and internal polling.[3][4][5] Polls closed at 8:00 PM Eastern time. At 9:06 PM, BNO News projected Brown as the winner of the race.[6] At 9:15 pm, the Boston Globe reported that Coakley had telephoned Brown and conceded the election.[7]

Background

Timeline

Massachusetts law requires a special election to be held on a Tuesday, no less than 145 days, nor more than 160 days from the date of office vacancy, on a date determined by the governor. That range placed the election date between January 17 and February 1, 2010.[1][8][9] Massachusetts law specifies that a party primary shall be held the sixth Tuesday before the general election.[10] On August 28, 2009, Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin presented the dates January 19 and January 26, 2010, calculated following meetings with State House Speaker Robert DeLeo, State Senate President Therese Murray, and aides to Governor Deval Patrick. Patrick was legally required to select one of these two dates. A January 19 election would require the primary to be held on December 8, while a January 26 election would have required a December 15 primary.[1] Republican State Representative Karyn Polito suggested on August 28, 2009 that, because the possible election dates overlap the holiday season, the law ought to be rewritten to allow the special election to be held on November 3, 2009, to coincide with other elections in the state.[11]

Patrick stated on August 29, 2009 that he wanted to honor a request by Kennedy to demand that any appointee to the seat not run, and that he would address the issue of the election date "after we have finished this period of respectful grief."[11] On August 31, 2009, Patrick scheduled the special election for January 19, 2010, with the primary elections on December 8, 2009. For party primary candidates, completed nomination papers with certified signatures were required to be filed by the close of business, November 3, 2009. Non-party candidates had a December 8, 2009 filing deadline.[2][12][13]

Qualifications

Main articles: US Senate—Qualifications and The United States Constitution—Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3: Qualifications of Senators

A senator must be at least 30 years of age, a U.S. citizen for at least nine years prior to the date of the election, and an inhabitant of Massachusetts when elected.[14] In Massachusetts, all candidates for U.S. Senate must file nomination papers with the certified signatures of 10,000 Massachusetts voters, by deadlines established by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.[15] A candidate for nomination in a party's special primary election must have been an enrolled member of the party, through filing as a member of that party with the Secretary of the Commonwealth using a certificate of voter registration, for the 90 days preceding the filing deadline, unless the candidate is a newly registered voter. The candidate additionally must not have been enrolled in any other party in the prior year.[16]

Appointment

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In 2004, the Massachusetts General Court withdrew the authority of the governor to fill a U.S. Senate vacancy by appointment, to prevent the then-Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican, from appointing a Republican to fill the remainder of Democrat John Kerry's Senate term, if Kerry were to win the 2004 presidential election. The legislation was enacted over Romney's veto.[17][18][19][20][21] At that time, Senator Ted Kennedy successfully made personal appeals to Massachusetts Democratic legislative leaders to pass the bill, which had been stalled prior to his request.[22]

Seven days before his death, Kennedy communicated his desire to amend the law so that upon a vacancy, the governor might appoint a Senator to serve until the special election occurred and avoid a five-month vacancy for the office. Kennedy sent a letter to the governor and legislative leaders (received on August 18, 2009, and dated July 2, 2009) requesting that they consider changing the law, and that the Governor obtain the personal pledge of such an appointee to not become a candidate in the following special election.[23][24] John Kerry, President Barack Obama and State House Speaker Robert DeLeo all expressed support for an interim appointment.[25][26][27]

Patrick stated that he wished to honor the request by Kennedy that any appointee pledge not to run in the special election.[11] The legality of such a demand in state law is questioned by Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin, as the qualifications for office to Congress are specified solely in the Constitution.[11] Robert DeLeo stated that both the Senate and the House of Representatives planned to approve resolutions indicating that they did not want the appointee to run in the special election or become involved with any candidate's campaign.[28]

A bill previously pending before the legislature, filed by State Rep. Robert M. Koczera of New Bedford in January 2009, proposed to permit the governor to appoint a senator; to enjoin the governor from appointing a candidate in a subsequent special election; and to permit the appointment date to occur only after the filing deadline for the special election had passed.[29] Governor Patrick said he would push the General Court to pass the bill, and that he would sign it into law.[30] The General Court held its first hearing on the legislation on September 9.[31]

The Massachusetts House of Representatives approved legislation to give Governor Patrick the power to appoint an interim senator on September 17, 2009, by a 95–58 vote.[28] The Massachusetts Senate approved the measure on September 22, 2009, by a vote of 24 to 16,[32] and both houses of the General Court gave final approval to the bill on September 23.[33]

On September 24, 2009, Patrick appointed Paul G. Kirk, former Democratic National Committee chairman and aide to Ted Kennedy, to serve as a temporary replacement whose term expires on Jan. 19 when the special election is held.[25][34] Kennedy's two sons, Patrick J. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, Jr.,[35] and his wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy,[36] had all expressed their preference for Kirk. Kirk was sworn in to office on Friday September 25, 2009.[37] He pledged not to be a candidate in the special election.[34]

Primaries

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Democratic primary

Candidates
Polling
Source Date(s) administered Mike Capuano Martha Coakley Alan Khazei Stephen Pagliuca Other
Rasmussen Reports (report)[Poll 1] November 23 21% 36% 14% 14% 5%
The Boston Globe (report)[Poll 2] November 13–18 22% 43% 6% 15% –
Suffolk University (report)[Poll 3] November 4–8 16% 44% 3% 17% —
Research 2000 (report)[Poll 4] October 28–29 16% 42% 5% 15% —
Lake Research (report)[Poll 5] September 21–24 12% 47% 1% 4% —
Suffolk University (report)[Poll 6] September 16 9% 47% 3% — 6%
Rasmussen Reports (report)[Poll 7] September 8 7% 38% — — 24%
Results
Democratic Primary results[43]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martha Coakley 310,227 47
Democratic Mike Capuano 184,791 28
Democratic Alan Khazei 88,929 13
Democratic Stephen Pagliuca 80,248 12
Total votes 664,195 100

Republican primary

Candidates
Polling
Source Dates administered Scott Brown Jack E. Robinson III Undecided
Suffolk University (report)[Poll 3] November 4–8 45% 7% 47%
Results
Republican Primary results[52][53]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Brown 145,465 89
Republican Jack Robinson 17,241 11
Total votes 162,706 100

Other candidates

Independent or third party candidates had until December 8, 2009 to submit nomination papers for signature certification.[12]

General election

CQ Politics and Cook Political Report currently rate the election as a "Tossup." The Rothenberg Political Report changed its rating from "Tossup" to "Lean Takeover" on January 18th.[56] Charlie Cook of the Cook Political Report stated on January 17th, says that he would put his "finger on the scale" for Scott Brown as favored to win. The Rothenberg Political Report released a statement that, "unless Democratic turnout exceeds everyone’s expectations, Brown is headed for a comfortable win.”[57][58] As of January 18th, 2010, Brown leads Coakley in the Intrade prediction market by high double digit margins.[59] Statistician Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com projected on January 18 that there was a 75% chance that Brown would defeat Coakley.[60]

Brown won the general election by a mid-single digits margin of the vote, outperforming previous Republican candidates in Republican strongholds and remaining competitive even in several traditionally Democratic-leaning precincts. With his victory, he became the first Massachusetts Republican elected to the United States Senate since Edward Brooke in 1972.[61]

Campaign

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On January 14, 2010, Stuart Rothenberg of The Rothenberg Political Report,[62] Charlie Cook of The Cook Political Report[62] and statistician Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com[63] all characterized the race as a tossup. On January 15, 2010, former President Bill Clinton campaigned for Coakley in Worcester, while former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani campaigned for Brown in Boston.[64] President Barack Obama campaigned for Coakley on January 17, 2010.[65] On January 17, Cook said that Brown had become the slight favorite.[66] The Rothenberg Political Report and Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com changed their ratings from "Tossup" to "Lean Takeover" on January 18th.[56]

Scott Brown

Main article: Scott Brown

Scott Brown considers himself a fiscal conservative and Washington, D.C. outsider.[44] He said "I have always thought that being in government service is a privilege, not a right. This Senate seat doesn't belong to any one person or political party. It belongs to you, the people, and the people deserve a U.S. senator who will always put your interests first."[44] Brown has called for fiscal restraint and smaller government, claiming that he has never voted for a tax increase. Brown has also pledged to be the 41st vote against the current health care reform bill in the Senate.[67][44] Assistant Professor Boris Schor of the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy Studies has described Brown as a liberal Republican by national standards, but well suited for his Massachusetts constituency.[68][69][70]

Scott Brown has drawn controversy for having appeared nude[71][72][73] or semi-nude[74] with his hands covering his genitals in a centerfold in Cosmopolitan in 1982.

In the candidates' January 5 debate, Brown stated that he supported religious hospitals in refusing to provide emergency contraception, causing the woman to go to another hospital. He said, “That's really up to the hospital. There are many, many hospitals that can deal with that situation.” During a radio interview January 14, 2010 on the Ken Pittman show, Coakley was asked about the conscience clause in emergency rooms. This clause allows health workers to refuse to offer a service, such as emergency contraception (the abortion pill), if the health worker opposes it for religious reasons. In her response Martha Coakley stated, “You can have religious freedom but you probably shouldn’t work in the emergency room.”[75]Brown is filing a claim of defamation in court in response to a Massachusetts Democratic Party mailer reading "1,736 women were raped in Massachusetts in 2008. Scott Brown wants hospitals to turn them all away."[76]

Scott Brown filed an ethics complaint stating that the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 509 used state computers and e-mail addresses to direct employees of the state to volunteer for Coakley's campaign.[77] During a State Senate debate in 2001, Brown referred to the decision of his lesbian Democratic opponent, Cheryl Jacques, to have children as "not normal". He also described her parenting role as "alleged family responsibilities." Several Massachusetts LGBT activists condemned the statement. Brown quickly apologized for his "poor choice of words", and he defended his position on that issue as being the same as President Obama, both anti-gay-marriage and pro-civil-unions.[78]

Brown campaign staffers were classified as independent contractors.[79]

Martha Coakley

Main article: Martha Coakley

Coakley has positioned herself as a liberal, supporting several key initiatives of President Obama's, including healthcare reform.[80] She supports reform that accomplishes the three goals of expanding coverage, improving healthcare outcomes and reducing costs.[81] She supports increased regulation of the financial sector, the protection of abortion rights and ending the war in Afghanistan. Notably, Coakley has taken positions to increase equal rights for LGBT individuals; she favors ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell, repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and strengthening hate crimes laws.[82]

Coakley has refused to investigate Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston, and his office for allegedly violating laws in regards to destruction of public e-mail records. Coakley denies all accusations of misconduct.[83]

She also declined to reprimand the state's District Attorneys in relation to false statements they allegedly made regarding the effects of the state's voter approved Massachusetts Sensible Marijuana Policy Initiative in an attempt to defeat the ballot question, as well as allegations the District Attorneys misused state resources (website) and failed to file as designated ballot committee in a timely manner while receiving contributions as required by law while challenging the initiative.[84] The statements by the District Attorneys included allegedly inaccurate and misleading warnings in an effort to defeat the law, such as that if the law passed "any person may carry and use marijuana at any time." When declining to pursue the case Coakley's office responded with "nothing in the proposed law explicitly forbids public use of the drug". This basically ignores the fact that the law still levies a $100 fine and confiscation for adults, as well as additional mandatory community service for minors for the act of possession, and in order to use the drug you would need to possess the drug, as well as the fact the law as passed allows cities to pass its own ordinances to further fine public consumption if needed.[85] The failure to file as a ballot committee allegedly stems from the fact state records show the district attorneys began raising money as early as July 18, 2008 but did not file a statement of organization or any of the appropriate financial disclosures with the state until Sept. 5, 2008.[86] Coakley was herself a member of The Coalition for Safe Streets, the political action group eventually formed by the District Attorneys to fight the ballot question. She stated that she did not feel it was necessary to recuse herself from any decisions based on any possible conflict of interest grounds.[87]

In a radio interview on January 16, 2010, Coakley described former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling as a "Yankee fan," drawing criticism.[88][89][90] Schilling, who considered running for the Senate seat himself and later endorsed Scott Brown,[91] responded by saying "I've been called a lot of things... but never, I mean never, could anyone make the mistake of calling me a Yankee fan. Well, check that, if you didn't know what the hell is going on in your own state maybe you could..."[92][93]

Two of Coakley's ads had to be reedited after they first aired, one because of a typo in spelling Massachusetts (spelling it Massachusettes), and another which used old stock footage of New York's World Trade Center, destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, to represent Wall Street. The second ad was meant to depict Scott Brown as a Wall Street crony.[94]

On January 12, 2010, an altercation occurred between The Weekly Standard journalist John McCormack and Democratic strategist Michael Meehan, in which the journalist was pushed onto the ground while trying to ask Coakley a question.[95][96] Coakley stated she was aware of the incident but unsure of exactly what happened.[97] Meehan later apologized for being "a little too aggressive," while denying any intention to knock down McCormack.[98]

Coakley's role in the case of Keith Winfield has attracted criticism. In October 2005, Winfield, then working as a police officer, was accused of raping his 23-month-old niece with a hot object, most likely a curling iron. A Middlesex County grand jury overseen by Coakley investigated the case and did not take any actions. After the toddler’s mother filed applications for criminal complaints, Coakley then obtained grand jury indictments charging rape and assault and battery. She recommended about 10 months after the indictment that Winfield be released, without bail. Winfield remained free until December 2007, when he received two life terms in prison in a case prosecuted by Coakley’s successor. Coakley has defended her decisions, saying that Winfield had clean record and little other signs of danger.[99]

Joseph L. Kennedy

Main article: Joseph L. Kennedy

Kennedy opposes Democratic plans for healthcare reform and has vowed, if elected, to work to repeal the legislation. He opposes government spending by both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. He has acknowledged that he may benefit from voters who associate him with the Kennedy family, saying "I'm not going to be delusional, there will be hard-core Kennedy voters who will pull the wrong lever." However, Boston University political scientist Thomas Whalen has said that Kennedy's libertarian views may cause him to detract votes from Brown rather than Coakley.[100]

Finances

As of January 8, 2010, Martha Coakley had raised over US$5.2 million in total, and had $937,383 cash on hand. Scott Brown had $367,150 cash on hand. Brown had spent $450,000 on television advertisements, while Coakley had spent $1.4 million.[101] A week before the general election, Brown raised $1.3 million from over 16,000 donors in a 24-hour fund-raising effort. Reports have also indicated that Brown has raised an average of $1 million per day the week prior to the election.[102]

Coakley admitted to making an "honest mistake" while filing the financial disclosure forms for her senate run claiming to have no personal assets when in fact she had an account under her husband's name with over $200,000 and a personal IRA containing approximatly $12,000. [103]

Debates

All three candidates participated in the debates. The first was held on the Jim & Margery show in Boston on January 5, and broadcast by WTKK. The January 8 debate was held in Springfield and broadcast by WGBY-TV. The final debate was held on January 11 at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston.[104][105]

In the candidates' January 5 debate, Brown stated that he supported religious hospitals in refusing to provide emergency contraception, causing the woman to go to another hospital. He said, “That's really up to the hospital. There are many, many hospitals that can deal with that situation.” During a radio interview January 14, 2010 on the Ken Pittman show, Coakley was asked about the conscience clause in emergency rooms. This clause allows health workers to refuse to offer a service, such as emergency contraception (the abortion pill), if the health worker opposes it for religious reasons. In her response Martha Coakley stated, “You can have religious freedom but you probably shouldn’t work in the emergency room.”[106] Brown is filing a claim of defamation in court in response to a Massachusetts Democratic Party mailer reading "1,736 women were raped in Massachusetts in 2008. Scott Brown wants hospitals to turn them all away."[107]

Endorsements

The Boston Herald,[108] the Cape Cod Times,[109] The Martha's Vineyard Times[110], and The Salem News[111] endorsed Brown for the general election, while the Boston Globe[112], The Boston Phoenix[113] and the Watertown TAB & Press[114] endorsed Coakley. Vicki Kennedy, wife of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, endorsed Coakley, along with other members of the Kennedy family,[115] while former presidential candidates John McCain and Rudy Giuliani,[116] NFL Quarterback Doug Flutie, and Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling[117] endorsed Brown. Both former President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama actively campaigned for Coakley in the final days of the campaign.[118][119] Former governors Bill Weld and Mitt Romney also endorsed Brown, with Weld actively campaigning with him in places like Quincy and Romney emailing supporters to get out the vote to turn out for Brown on Tuesday.

Polling

Poll source Date(s) administered Scott Brown (R) Martha Coakley (D) Joseph L. Kennedy (I) Other Undecided
The Politico (report)[Poll 8] January 17, 2010 52% 43% 2% – 3%
Public Policy Polling (report)[Poll 9] January 16–17, 2010 51% 46% – – 4%
CrossTarget Research (report)[Poll 10] January 16–17, 2010 52% 42% – – 6%
Daily Kos/Research 2000 (report)[Poll 11] January 15–17, 2010 48% 48% 3% – 1%
American Research Group (report)[Poll 12] January 15–17, 2010 52% 45% 2% – 2%
Merriman River Group (report)[Poll 13] January 15, 2010 51% 41% 2% – 6%
CrossTarget Research (report)[Poll 14] January 14, 2010 54% 39% – – 8%
American Research Group (report)[Poll 15] January 12–14, 2010 48% 45% 2% – 5%
Research 2000 (report)[Poll 16] January 12–13, 2010 41% 49% 5% – –
Suffolk University (report)[Poll 17] January 11–13, 2010 50% 46% 3% – 1%
Rasmussen Reports (report)[Poll 18] January 11, 2010 47% 49% 3% – 2%
Public Policy Polling (report)[Poll 19] January 7–9, 2010 48% 47% – – 6%
Rasmussen Reports (report)[Poll 20] January 4, 2010 41% 50% – 1% 7%
The Boston Globe (report)[Poll 21] January 2–6, 2010 35% 50% 5% – 9%
Suffolk University (report)[Poll 22] November 4–8, 2009 27% 58% – 15% 9%
WNEC (report)[Poll 23] October 18–22, 2009 32% 58% – 9% 9%
Suffolk University (report)[Poll 6] September 16, 2009 24% 54% – 20% 9%

Results

Polls closed at 8:00 PM Eastern time. At 9:06 PM BNO News projected Brown as the winner of the race.[6] At 9:15pm, the Boston Globe reported that Coakley had telephoned Brown and conceded the election.[7]

Statewide

2010 Massachusetts U.S. Senate special election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Scott Brown 1,168,107 51.9% +21.3
Democratic Martha Coakley 1,058,682 47.1% −22.2
Independent Joseph L. Kennedy 22,237 1.0% N/A
Total votes 2,249,026 100
Turnout

By county

County seat or
description 		Coakley
% 		Coakley
votes 		Brown
% 		Brown
votes 		Kennedy
% 		Kennedy
votes
Barnstable Cape Cod 41.6% 38,796 57.5% 53,683 0.9% 814
Berkshire Pittsfield 68.6% 28,630 30.4% 12,660 1.0% 421
Bristol Taunton 44.8% 53,011 54.0% 63,974 1.2% 1,389
Dukes Martha's Vineyard 63.8% 4,551 35.0% 2,500 1.1% 82
Essex Salem 43.3% 86,033 55.8% 110,992 0.9% 1,879
Franklin Greenfield 62.1% 15,421 36.2% 8,995 1.6% 407
Hampden Springfield 45.0% 51,687 53.4% 61,373 1.6% 1,814
Hampshire Northampton 58.5% 23,285 40.1% 15,986 1.4% 553
Middlesex East Cambridge 49.6% 200,298 49.6% 200,583 0.8% 3,295
Nantucket Nantucket 50.6% 2,139 48.0% 2,032 1.4% 58
Norfolk Dedham 44.6% 109,278 54.6% 133,624 0.8% 1,971
Plymouth Plymouth 36.6% 49,619 62.5% 84,680 0.8% 1,132
Suffolk Boston 65.3% 90,590 33.6% 46,630 1.1% 1,470
Worcester Worcester 37.8% 84,346 61.1% 136,333 1.2% 2,624
Total Massachusetts 47.1% 1,058,682 51.9% 1,168,107 1.0% 22,237

Source: Leip, David (2004). "2010 Senatorial Special Election Data Graphs - Massachusetts". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. David Leip.

By municipality

The Associated Press reported voting results for each of the 351 municipalities in Massachusetts.[120]

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Municipality Coakley
votes 		Coakley
% 		Brown
votes 		Brown
% 		Kennedy
votes 		Kennedy
%
Abington 2,088 33% 4,158 66% 61 1%
Acton 5,371 58% 3,896 42% 71 1%
Acushnet 1,627 43% 2,138 56% 34 1%
Adams 1,650 68% 748 31% 26 1%
Agawam 3,660 35% 6,726 64% 158 1%
Alford 157 69% 68 30% 2 1%
Amesbury 2,543 42% 3,480 57% 70 1%
Amherst 6,547 84% 1,180 15% 64 1%
Andover 5,900 41% 8,336 58% 80 1%
Aquinnah 149 78% 42 22% 1 1%
Arlington 13,284 65% 6,845 34% 157 1%
Ashburnham 866 35% 1,574 64% 27 1%
Ashby 475 33% 949 66% 14 1%
Ashfield 670 75% 212 24% 11 1%
Ashland 2,897 45% 3,467 54% 60 1%
Athol 1,171 35% 2,105 63% 68 2%
Attleboro 4,819 36% 8,598 64% 116 1%
Auburn 2,406 37% 4,036 62% 72 1%
Avon 706 37% 1,155 61% 22 1%
Ayer 989 40% 1,467 59% 41 2%
Barnstable 7,543 38% 12,331 61% 179 1%
Barre 728 36% 1,263 63% 23 1%
Becket 384 62% 225 36% 10 2%
Bedford 2,976 50% 2,900 49% 46 1%
Belchertown 2,629 48% 2,749 51% 57 1%
Bellingham 2,179 34% 4,090 64% 78 1%
Belmont 6,528 59% 4,405 40% 76 1%
Berkley 746 31% 1,614 68% 28 1%
Berlin 538 39% 825 60% 18 1%
Bernardston 445 53% 378 45% 19 2%
Beverly 6,735 44% 8,400 55% 163 1%
Billerica 4,972 34% 9,583 65% 156 1%
Blackstone 1,052 33% 2,102 66% 40 1%
Blandford 196 36% 343 62% 11 2%
Bolton 995 42% 1,362 57% 18 1%
Boston 105,289 69% 46,468 30% 1,513 1%
Bourne 2,807 35% 5,134 64% 76 1%
Boxborough 1,141 51% 1,087 48% 21 1%
Boxford 1,239 30% 2,837 69% 18 0%
Boylston 729 35% 1,321 64% 23 1%
Braintree 5,606 37% 9,312 62% 155 1%
Brewster 2,416 47% 2,730 53% 46 1%
Bridgewater 2,794 31% 6,138 68% 85 1%
Brimfield 489 33% 995 67% 7 0%
Brockton 11,761 54% 9,634 45% 223 1%
Brookfield 430 34% 813 64% 29 2%
Brookline 15,264 74% 5,217 25% 108 1%
Buckland 522 65% 263 33% 13 2%
Burlington 3,658 39% 5,640 60% 54 1%
Cambridge 27,268 84% 4,921 15% 232 1%
Canton 3,787 39% 5,770 60% 80 1%
Carlisle 1,442 54% 1,215 46% 13 0%
Carver 1,611 33% 3,222 66% 50 1%
Charlemont 278 60% 176 38% 9 2%
Charlton 1,271 27% 3,458 72% 46 1%
Chatham 1,488 40% 2,179 59% 27 1%
Chelmsford 5,688 37% 9,417 62% 128 1%
Chelsea 2,562 62% 1,501 36% 73 2%
Cheshire 740 62% 436 37% 13 1%
Chester 194 39% 292 59% 12 2%
Chesterfield 264 52% 242 47% 4 1%
Chicopee 7,043 45% 8,339 53% 334 2%
Chilmark 364 71% 141 27% 10 2%
Clarksburg 395 67% 186 32% 6 1%
Clinton 1,661 37% 2,724 61% 59 1%
Cohasset 1,419 37% 2,401 63% 17 0%
Colrain 401 60% 249 37% 16 2%
Concord 5,445 62% 3,271 37% 52 1%
Conway 685 69% 303 31% 5 1%
Cummington 306 69% 130 29% 6 1%
Dalton 1,423 62% 845 37% 37 2%
Danvers 3,651 36% 6,347 63% 89 1%
Dartmouth 5,110 46% 5,812 53% 98 1%
Dedham 4,647 43% 5,979 55% 147 1%
Deerfield 1,482 63% 853 36% 36 2%
Dennis 3,131 41% 4,358 58% 76 1%
Dighton 829 32% 1,770 67% 24 1%
Douglas 840 25% 2,440 74% 31 1%
Dover 1,058 36% 1,888 64% 13 0%
Dracut 3,166 29% 7,658 70% 87 1%
Dudley 1,125 31% 2,515 68% 39 1%
Dunstable 502 34% 968 65% 14 1%
Duxbury 2,674 35% 4,982 65% 44 1%
East Bridgewater 1,583 29% 3,849 70% 39 1%
East Brookfield 245 27% 645 72% 9 1%
East Longmeadow 2,091 32% 4,294 67% 58 1%
Eastham 1,540 51% 1,473 48% 25 1%
Easthampton 3,708 59% 2,493 40% 91 1%
Easton 3,350 36% 5,931 64% 59 1%
Edgartown 1,002 56% 771 43% 24 1%
Egremont 445 72% 172 28% 3 0%
Erving 296 58% 208 41% 8 2%
Essex 685 40% 1,023 59% 17 1%
Everett 4,245 52% 3,798 47% 123 2%
Fairhaven 2,834 48% 3,045 51% 69 1%
Fall River 10,341 57% 7,489 41% 343 2%
Falmouth 7,133 47% 8,041 53% 128 1%
Fitchburg 3,783 40% 5,574 59% 104 1%
Florida 144 53% 125 46% 3 1%
Foxborough 2,465 34% 4,821 66% 57 1%
Framingham 10,329 53% 9,149 47% 160 1%
Franklin 4,470 33% 8,828 66% 110 1%
Freetown 1,189 35% 2,220 64% 34 1%
Gardner 2,441 42% 3,271 56% 105 2%
Georgetown 1,239 35% 2,311 65% 25 1%
Gill 398 62% 226 35% 16 3%
Gloucester 5,553 50% 5,522 49% 121 1%
Goshen 244 53% 204 44% 12 3%
Gosnold 18 38% 29 62% 0 0%
Grafton 2,442 36% 4,372 64% 59 1%
Granby 1,044 40% 1,512 59% 27 1%
Granville 207 30% 472 69% 6 1%
Great Barrington 2,025 77% 591 22% 25 1%
Greenfield 3,835 65% 1,992 34% 109 2%
Groton 2,132 44% 2,663 55% 29 1%
Groveland 991 33% 1,980 66% 28 1%
Hadley 1,407 59% 936 39% 29 1%
Halifax 992 31% 2,147 67% 42 1%
Hamilton 1,381 37% 2,319 62% 27 1%
Hampden 754 33% 1,511 66% 27 1%
Hancock 158 57% 118 43% 1 0%
Hanover 1,895 28% 4,731 71% 35 1%
Hanson 1,254 29% 3,067 70% 35 1%
Hardwick 377 39% 586 60% 14 1%
Harvard 1,568 54% 1,305 45% 23 1%
Harwich 2,635 42% 3,597 57% 51 1%
Hatfield 875 56% 652 42% 29 2%
Haverhill 7,259 39% 11,069 60% 202 1%
Hawley 63 48% 63 48% 5 4%
Heath 203 62% 123 38% 2 1%
Hingham 4,416 39% 6,800 60% 53 0%
Hinsdale 415 58% 285 40% 10 1%
Holbrook 1,527 38% 2,402 61% 41 1%
Holden 2,864 34% 5,396 65% 74 1%
Holland 299 32% 631 67% 8 1%
Holliston 2,921 44% 3,725 56% 35 1%
Holyoke 4,869 55% 3,771 43% 169 2%
Hopedale 997 38% 1,619 61% 30 1%
Hopkinton 2,600 38% 4,123 61% 35 1%
Hubbardston 607 30% 1,388 69% 30 1%
Hudson 3,068 42% 4,181 57% 90 1%
Hull 2,037 45% 2,409 54% 44 1%
Huntington 346 41% 467 56% 26 3%
Ipswich 2,604 42% 3,604 58% 45 1%
Kingston 1,701 32% 3,576 67% 31 1%
Lakeville 1,259 34% 2,348 64% 44 1%
Lancaster 1,012 35% 1,860 64% 25 1%
Lanesborough 654 61% 399 38% 11 1%
Lawrence 6,449 65% 3,331 34% 98 1%
Lee 1,272 64% 704 35% 16 1%
Leicester 1,320 33% 2,682 66% 53 1%
Lenox 1,532 72% 594 28% 12 1%
Leominster 4,707 36% 8,127 63% 141 1%
Leverett 779 82% 164 17% 8 1%
Lexington 9,375 65% 4,953 34% 85 1%
Leyden 211 64% 116 35% 2 1%
Lincoln 1,928 68% 899 32% 14 0%
Littleton 1,859 44% 2,389 56% 22 1%
Longmeadow 3,158 43% 4,196 57% 47 1%
Lowell 9,547 47% 10,548 52% 302 1%
Ludlow 2,768 39% 4,159 59% 86 1%
Lunenburg 1,530 34% 2,890 65% 43 1%
Lynn 9,791 53% 8,595 46% 203 1%
Lynnfield 1,620 29% 4,010 71% 37 1%
Malden 7,794 56% 5,945 43% 186 1%
Manchester 1,189 44% 1,494 55% 12 0%
Mansfield 3,045 34% 5,909 66% 65 1%
Marblehead 4,657 47% 5,285 53% 64 1%
Marion 1,002 43% 1,332 57% 17 1%
Marlborough 5,037 42% 6,817 57% 128 1%
Marshfield 3,895 33% 7,677 66% 91 1%
Mashpee 2,313 37% 3,835 62% 60 1%
Mattapoisett 1,317 41% 1,834 58% 27 1%
Maynard 2,231 51% 2,131 49% 2 0%
Medfield 2,276 37% 3,842 62% 40 1%
Medford 11,415 57% 8,381 42% 206 1%
Medway 2,044 36% 3,641 64% 38 1%
Melrose 5,861 49% 6,085 51% 91 1%
Mendon 792 31% 1,750 68% 19 1%
Merrimac 1,042 38% 1,651 60% 37 1%
Methuen 4,837 34% 9,171 65% 117 1%
Middleborough 2,615 30% 6,158 70% 76 1%
Middlefield 126 52% 113 47% 4 2%
Middleton 1,081 31% 2,412 69% 23 1%
Milford 3,561 39% 5,432 60% 88 1%
Millbury 1,655 34% 3,125 65% 49 1%
Millis 1,383 36% 2,430 63% 31 1%
Millville 323 28% 799 70% 14 1%
Milton 6,436 50% 6,347 49% 86 1%
Monroe 20 50% 19 48% 1 3%
Monson 1,258 39% 1,933 60% 53 2%
Montague 1,895 65% 985 34% 51 2%
Monterey 296 74% 102 25% 3 1%
Montgomery 123 31% 267 68% 4 1%
Mount Washington 62 74% 21 25% 1 1%
Nahant 877 50% 880 50% 13 1%
Nantucket 2,139 51% 2,032 48% 58 1%
Natick 7,208 50% 6,954 49% 125 1%
Needham 7,654 52% 6,894 47% 59 0%
New Ashford 68 62% 39 36% 2 2%
New Bedford 11,754 59% 7,828 39% 339 2%
New Braintree 169 37% 285 62% 5 1%
New Marlborough 366 61% 227 38% 6 1%
New Salem 259 56% 195 42% 12 3%
Newbury 1,414 40% 2,048 59% 36 1%
Newburyport 4,266 50% 4,174 49% 57 1%
Newton 23,456 67% 11,352 32% 217 1%
Norfolk 1,394 29% 3,308 70% 28 1%
North Adams 2,854 74% 965 25% 34 1%
North Andover 3,826 35% 7,018 64% 80 1%
North Attleborough 3,018 28% 7,778 71% 85 1%
North Brookfield 528 30% 1,225 69% 17 1%
North Reading 2,135 33% 4,373 67% 54 1%
Northampton 9,415 79% 2,447 20% 105 1%
Northborough 2,486 39% 3,816 60% 61 1%
Northbridge 1,638 29% 3,987 70% 76 1%
Northfield 744 58% 508 40% 23 2%
Norton 2,209 33% 4,424 66% 57 1%
Norwell 1,680 32% 3,485 67% 32 1%
Norwood 4,532 40% 6,568 59% 117 1%
Oak Bluffs 1,177 61% 732 38% 25 1%
Oakham 281 30% 645 69% 14 1%
Orange 869 37% 1,416 61% 42 2%
Orleans 1,705 46% 1,961 53% 26 1%
Otis 265 48% 283 51% 6 1%
Oxford 1,439 31% 3,151 68% 61 1%
Palmer 1,622 38% 2,524 60% 91 2%
Paxton 687 34% 1,331 65% 18 1%
Peabody 7,619 40% 11,440 59% 191 1%
Pelham 596 82% 126 17% 3 0%
Pembroke 2,424 32% 5,134 68% 41 1%
Pepperell 1,607 33% 3,279 67% 38 1%
Peru 162 56% 125 43% 3 1%
Petersham 306 46% 357 53% 8 1%
Phillipston 235 33% 467 66% 10 1%
Pittsfield 8,990 69% 3,803 29% 149 1%
Plainfield 213 69% 91 30% 4 1%
Plainville 971 28% 2,469 71% 30 1%
Plymouth 7,989 36% 14,276 64% 176 1%
Plympton 444 32% 951 67% 14 1%
Princeton 681 37% 1,165 63% 16 1%
Provincetown 1,344 84% 238 15% 16 1%
Quincy 13,330 46% 15,607 53% 325 1%
Randolph 5,996 61% 3,699 38% 100 1%
Raynham 1,687 32% 3,574 67% 48 1%
Reading 4,659 42% 6,225 57% 81 1%
Rehoboth 1,538 33% 3,080 66% 44 1%
Revere 5,021 46% 5,785 53% 150 1%
Richmond 499 69% 220 30% 8 1%
Rochester 776 31% 1,671 67% 30 1%
Rockland 2,231 34% 4,253 65% 89 1%
Rockport 1,879 52% 1,667 47% 34 1%
Rowe 97 51% 89 46% 6 3%
Rowley 893 32% 1,845 67% 26 1%
Royalston 213 41% 298 57% 13 2%
Russell 195 33% 379 65% 11 2%
Rutland 1,029 31% 2,307 69% 25 1%
Salem 6,650 53% 5,726 46% 154 1%
Salisbury 1,061 35% 1,927 64% 42 1%
Sandisfield 150 50% 146 49% 4 1%
Sandwich 3,416 34% 6,625 66% 61 1%
Saugus 3,587 36% 6,315 63% 96 1%
Savoy 131 55% 104 44% 4 2%
Scituate 3,474 38% 5,584 61% 61 1%
Seekonk 1,911 38% 3,133 62% 36 1%
Sharon 4,461 55% 3,536 44% 61 1%
Sheffield 822 64% 448 35% 16 1%
Shelburne 588 68% 263 31% 9 1%
Sherborn 1,061 45% 1,269 54% 17 1%
Shirley 868 36% 1,525 63% 38 2%
Shrewsbury 5,242 40% 7,867 60% 104 1%
Shutesbury 771 83% 158 17% 5 1%
Somerset 3,553 48% 3,706 51% 73 1%
Somerville 16,965 75% 5,462 24% 261 1%
South Hadley 3,227 48% 3,434 51% 102 2%
Southampton 1,052 40% 1,533 59% 34 1%
Southborough 1,845 40% 2,689 59% 33 1%
Southbridge 1,748 42% 2,271 55% 98 2%
Southwick 1,074 30% 2,469 69% 56 2%
Spencer 1,237 31% 2,727 68% 53 1%
Springfield 17,610 61% 10,630 37% 432 2%
Sterling 1,174 31% 2,569 68% 44 1%
Stockbridge 672 74% 224 25% 11 1%
Stoneham 3,634 40% 5,473 60% 75 1%
Stoughton 4,466 44% 5,616 55% 84 1%
Stow 1,595 47% 1,789 52% 24 1%
Sturbridge 1,350 35% 2,454 64% 44 1%
Sudbury 4,291 51% 4,078 48% 41 0%
Sunderland 842 67% 410 32% 12 1%
Sutton 1,136 28% 2,931 71% 43 1%
Swampscott 3,121 49% 3,222 50% 72 1%
Swansea 2,449 42% 3,297 57% 73 1%
Taunton 6,586 42% 8,925 57% 228 1%
Templeton 886 32% 1,814 66% 44 2%
Tewksbury 3,381 31% 7,353 68% 90 1%
Tisbury 1,172 66% 579 33% 19 1%
Tolland 56 26% 158 72% 4 2%
Topsfield 1,117 36% 1,993 64% 22 1%
Townsend 1,092 29% 2,618 70% 36 1%
Truro 673 63% 396 37% 7 1%
Tyngsborough 1,452 31% 3,186 68% 45 1%
Tyringham 131 61% 82 38% 1 0%
Upton 1,138 35% 2,125 64% 32 1%
Uxbridge 1,651 31% 3,690 68% 58 1%
Wakefield 4,411 39% 6,815 60% 82 1%
Wales 244 35% 441 63% 15 2%
Walpole 3,565 32% 7,604 68% 64 1%
Waltham 8,523 49% 8,546 50% 157 1%
Ware 1,127 38% 1,785 60% 80 3%
Wareham 3,128 40% 4,628 59% 101 1%
Warren 594 37% 986 61% 38 2%
Warwick 207 62% 123 37% 5 1%
Washington 160 63% 91 36% 3 1%
Watertown 7,301 61% 4,520 38% 100 1%
Wayland 3,597 55% 2,915 45% 38 1%
Webster 1,541 34% 2,977 65% 74 2%
Wellesley 5,934 50% 5,922 50% 48 0%
Wellfleet 1,075 63% 596 35% 25 1%
Wendell 338 80% 79 19% 7 2%
Wenham 674 36% 1,184 63% 12 1%
West Boylston 1,133 35% 2,044 64% 38 1%
West Bridgewater 842 27% 2,211 72% 21 1%
West Brookfield 523 36% 907 63% 18 1%
West Newbury 906 41% 1,281 58% 12 1%
West Springfield 3,145 38% 5,102 61% 131 2%
West Stockbridge 473 74% 165 26% 5 1%
West Tisbury 1,033 74% 347 25% 13 1%
Westborough 3,009 44% 3,831 56% 60 1%
Westfield 4,542 36% 7,772 62% 172 1%
Westford 3,887 39% 5,930 60% 57 1%
Westhampton 414 49% 429 50% 10 1%
Westminster 1,021 31% 2,202 68% 26 1%
Weston 2,424 46% 2,794 53% 30 1%
Westport 2,898 47% 3,203 52% 77 1%
Westwood 2,953 40% 4,465 60% 47 1%
Weymouth 8,104 35% 15,093 64% 235 1%
Whately 420 57% 305 41% 14 2%
Whitman 1,683 31% 3,724 68% 37 1%
Wilbraham 2,216 34% 4,237 65% 58 1%
Williamsburg 895 71% 355 28% 19 1%
Williamstown 2,100 77% 612 22% 10 0%
Wilmington 3,057 33% 6,225 66% 81 1%
Winchendon 986 33% 1,908 65% 51 2%
Winchester 4,876 48% 5,248 51% 68 1%
Windsor 252 64% 141 36% 2 1%
Winthrop 2,902 44% 3,596 55% 71 1%
Woburn 5,635 40% 8,363 59% 142 1%
Worcester 19,861 52% 17,889 47% 532 1%
Worthington 335 59% 229 40% 6 1%
Wrentham 1,414 27% 3,880 73% 41 1%
Yarmouth 4,390 40% 6496 59% 98 1%

Review

After the election, senior Brown adviser Eric Fehrnstrom stated that the turning point for Brown was the December 30 "JFK ad" which put the campaign on the map. "After that, it was like riding a rocket ship for 2½ to 3 weeks till today," he said.[121]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Sample size: 567, margin of error: ±4%
  2. ^ Sample size: 537, margin of error: ±4.4%
  3. ^ a b Sample size: 600, margin of error: ±4%
  4. ^ Sample size: 400, margin of error: ±5%
  5. ^ Sample size: 800, margin of error: ±3.5%
  6. ^ a b Sample size: 500, margin of error: ±4.4%
  7. ^ Sample size: 611, margin of error: ±4%
  8. ^ Sample size: 804, margin of error: ±3.4%
  9. ^ Sample size: 1,231, margin of error: ±2.8%
  10. ^ Sample size: 571, margin of error: ±4.09%
  11. ^ Sample size: 500, margin of error: ±4.5%
  12. ^ Sample size: 600, margin of error: ±4%
  13. ^ Sample size: 565, margin of error: ±4.1%
  14. ^ Sample size: 946, margin of error: ±3.19%
  15. ^ Sample size: 600, margin of error: ±4%
  16. ^ Sample size: 500, margin of error: ±4%
  17. ^ Sample size: 500, margin of error: ±4.4%
  18. ^ Sample size: 1000, margin of error: ±3%
  19. ^ Sample size: 744, margin of error: ±3.6%
  20. ^ Sample size: 500, margin of error: ±4.5%
  21. ^ Sample size: 554, margin of error: ±4.2%
  22. ^ Sample size: 600
  23. ^ Sample size: 468, margin of error: ±4.5%

References

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  2. ^ a b Phillips, Frank (August 31, 2009). "Governor sets date for special Senate election, presses for interim appointment". Boston Globe. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Election 2010 Polls". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  4. ^ "Martha Coakley Internal Senate Poll Losing to Scott Brown by 3 Points | Before It's News". Beforeitsnews.com. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  5. ^ Cohen, Rachelle. "Energized Brown mocks desperate Dems - BostonHerald.com". News.bostonherald.com. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  6. ^ a b "Republican Brown wins Massachusetts U.S. Senate election - Breaking News | Wire Update News | News Wires". Wireupdate.com. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  7. ^ a b Smith, Ben. "Coakley concedes - Ben Smith". Politico.Com. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  8. ^ "Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 54, Section 140 Senators and representatives in congress; vacancies". Mass.gov. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
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  10. ^ "Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 53, Section 28 Dates and places for holding primaries". Mass.gov. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  11. ^ a b c d Johnson, Glen (August 29, 2009). "Mass. governor seeks demand on Kennedy succession". South Coast Today. South Coast Media Group. Associated Press. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
  12. ^ a b "Special State Election, Senator in Congress for Massachusetts: Calendar". Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
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  13. ^ Zezima, Katie (August 31, 2009). "Kennedy's Seat: Mass. Governor Sets Date for Special Election". New York Times. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
  14. ^ United States Constitution, Article I, section 3, clause 3. "No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen."
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