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Massachusetts: Obama steps into suddenly taut Senate race

Eric Moskowitz The Boston Globe 01/15/2010
Massachusetts votes in crucial election for Obama

BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts voters head to the polls on Tuesday in a cliffhanger election for a new senator that could derail Democrats' dominance in Washington and scuttle their top priority of sweeping healthcare reform.

Massachusetts: Obama steps into suddenly taut Senate race

With the latest poll showing Scott Brown nosing ahead of Martha Coakley, the Democratic nominee yesterday called on the head of her party, President Obama, to help her win Tuesday in a race once considered a sure thing for Coakley.

Campaign visit to Massachusetts by Obama a tricky prospect

Susan Milligan The Boston Globe 01/14/2010
Campaign visit to Massachusetts by Obama a tricky prospect

WASHINGTON - As Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley struggles to turn out the vote next week, the White House and Democratic officials struggle with another question: Should they send President Obama to the state to help her?

Massachusetts: Scott Brown's daughters call for Martha Coakley to take down ad

Republican Scott Brown’s two daughters this afternoon called on their father’s Democratic rival, Martha Coakley, to take down a television ad that highlights an amendment that Brown filed in 2005 that in certain cases would have allowed doctors to deny emergency contraception for rape victims.

Massachusetts Senate Race Becoming Proxy on Health Bill

BOSTON -- The race to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has turned into a proxy battle over the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Massachusetts: John McCain backs Scott Brown in Senate race

State Senator Scott Brown yesterday trumpeted an endorsement from Republican heavyweight John McCain, the former presidential candidate, while Attorney General Martha Coakley raided Brown’s Senate district for endorsements from local officials, as the two sparred in their campaign for a US Senate seat.

Candidates for Kennedy Senate seat raking in cash

The candidates for the late Edward Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat are raking in campaign donations as they head into the final three weeks of the campaign.

Mass. attorney general is 1st to seek Kennedy seat

BOSTON — The race for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death last week of Edward Kennedy got off to a cautious start Tuesday, despite a tight five-month election schedule that leaves little time for campaigning. By the end of the day just one major candidate — state Attorney General Martha Coakley — opted to take out nomination papers. A campaign aide declined to comment.