MA-SEN Megathread: Senator Markey wins

[redjohn]

This is hysterical after all the virtue-signaling over progressives challenging incumbent Democrat dinosaurs. I hope Kennedy's campaign goes down in flames and Pelosi is humiliated.

[redjohn]

Any MA experts have an indication of which way the race likely goes at this (early) point?

[redjohn]

Any MA experts have an indication of which way the race likely goes at this (early) point?

Too early to say. Neither candidate is running away with it.

If Kennedy loses, I wonder what that means for his future career. On one hand, it's impressive to run against an incumbent and come close to beating them. But it seems he's alienated many progressives by primarying Markey, and he'd come out of this looking pretty bad. I can't imagine him not running for higher office again in the near future.

[redjohn]

DDHQ is reporting 3600 votes in Ipswich, a town of 13,000 people, inflating Markey's lead. I bet there's an extra 6 on both numbers.

No, I'm wrong, literally 20-25% of the population of many of these towns voted in the primary. That's absolutely unprecedented for a primary. You can see why Trump is scared of mail-in voting.

What a statistic!

[redjohn]

Seems a bit early for a call, no?

[redjohn]

Early call but never too early for a new signature!

Those who rely solely on past election results to predict future elections are doomed to be wrong. Same vibes as "such-and-such state hasn't voted for [insert party] since 1980"

[redjohn]

Yeah, seems like the race may be over and it might not end up being very close. Good for Markey, and thank God for another blow to dynastic politics in the United States.