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Massachusetts Congressman Edward J. Markey announced his endorsement Tuesday of fellow Congressman Michael E. Capuano in his bid for the vacant Senate seat of the late Edward M. Kennedy...
While Khazei’s numbers represented a sharp uptick from a survey in late October, in which only 4 percent of likely voters said they supported him, Khazei still lagged far behind frontrunner State Attorney General Martha Coakley and U.S. Congressman Michael E. Capuano. Coakley was the top choice for 36 percent of voters, while Capuano received the support of 21 percent...
...Capuano seeks to fill the Senate seat vacated by the death of the late Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 in August. This endorsement from the nation’s first female Speaker of the House is an important advantage in the race against opponent Attorney General Martha Coakley who, if elected, would be the eighteenth woman to serve in Congress and the state’s first female U.S. Senator...
Coakley’s campaign has looked to Massachusett’s women in politics, soliciting endorsements from Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray and US Representative Niki Tsongas. Although Pelosi strongly supports the increased participation of women in government, her public support of Capuano is not necessarily surprising...
...Capuano is a colleague of Pelosi’s and they have worked together for a number of years in Congress, especially in dealing with health care,” said Eric M. Hanzich ’11, political director for the Harvard College Democrats. “Once that was passed, it seemed like a logical step for her to support...