The 2014 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, concurrently with the election of the Governor of Massachusetts, other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent

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Senator Ed Markey ran for re-election to a first full term in office. Primary elections were held on September 9, 2014. Markey was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Hopkinton Selectman Brian Herr was also unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Background

Incumbent

Senator John Kerry, serving since 1985, had planned to run for re-election to a sixth term, but on December 15, 2012, it was announced that the long-time Massachusetts senator and

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presidential nominee would be nominated as United States Secretary of State under President Barack Obama. Massachusetts Governor

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appointed Mo Cowan as a temporary replacement for Kerry, after he was confirmed as Secretary of State and therefore resigned his senate seat. There was a special election on June 25, 2013, to finish the term, which was won by Ed Markey, the 37-year Democratic incumbent from .

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

* Ed Markey, incumbent U.S. Senator

Withdrew

* John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State and former U.S. Senator

Declined

* Mo Cowan, former U.S. Senator

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

* Brian Herr, Hopkinton Selectman

Did not qualify

* Frank Addivinola, attorney, candidate for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district in

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and

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* J. Mark Inman, contestant on The X Factor in

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Declined

* Keith Ablow, psychiatrist and Fox News contributor * Charlie Baker, former state cabinet secretary and nominee for governor in

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( ran for governor) * Scott Brown, former U.S. Senator ( ran for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire) * Gabriel E. Gomez, businessman, former Navy SEAL and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2013 *

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, former State Senate Minority Leader, nominee for

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and nominee for MA-06 in

(ran for Congress) *

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, former governor of Massachusetts and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996 *

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, former state representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2013

Independent

Candidates

Withdrew

* Bruce Skarin, government research scientist

General election

Predictions

Polling

;With Markey ;With Kerry

Results

References

External links

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Background

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Did not qualify

Declined

Independent

Candidates

Withdrew

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

See also

References

External links