Ocasio-Cortez backs Markey in Massachusetts Senate primary
Ocasio-Cortez backed Markey’s re-election bid, citing their Green New Deal partnership and saying Massachusetts workers need a Senate champion.
- New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Senator Ed Markey on Thursday, bolstering the Massachusetts Democrat ahead of the September 1 primary against Congressman Seth Moulton.
- Highlighting their "partnership on the Green New Deal," Ocasio-Cortez praised Markey as "an inspiration," reinforcing his progressive credentials against Moulton's campaign argument for generational change in the Senate.
- The endorsement landed hours before the final debate on Thursday night; polling shows Markey leading Moulton by 14 points in a Suffolk University/Boston Globe survey released this week.
- Moulton, who has campaigned as a centrist alternative, appeared Wednesday with New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill to boost his bid in the race's final weeks.
- Early voting for the September 1 primary opens this Saturday, with some Massachusetts voters already returning mail-in ballots as both candidates make final appeals.
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AOC endorses Sen Ed Markey as incumbent faces Dem US Senate primary challenge from Rep Seth Moulton
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backs incumbent Sen. Ed Markey as the senator faces off against Rep. Seth Moulton in the Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Senate primary.
Ocasio-Cortez endorses Ed Markey in Massachusetts Senate primary
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) threw her support behind Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) ahead of the Sept. 1 primary, backing the 80-year-old incumbent as he faces a challenge from Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA). Markey, who has served in Congress since the Gerald Ford administration, is seeking another term in the Senate. Ocasio-Cortez’s endorsement could provide a boost to the longtime senator as he fends off Moulton, 47, who ha…
Ocasio-Cortez backs Markey in Massachusetts Senate primary
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey (Mass.) received a boost to his reelection bid on Thursday with an endorsement from New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D). Markey is engaged in a competitive Democratic primary race against Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton (D). The two candidates have each sought to build upon a growing anti-establishment sentiment in the Democratic Party in their campaigns.
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