MA Special Election Watch Thread

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Incumbents often start out with good numbers. A second-tier Democratic challenger would have at worst kept it close. That said, Democrats certainly do need to take this race seriously.

I'd suggest Jim McGovern (MA-2, now MA-3), very liberal though represents a (by Mass. standards) culturally conservative district, and an area where Brown has performed well.