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Published: 11/25/09

Coakley Comfortably Ahead in Massachusetts Senate Race

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Coakley Comfortably Ahead in Massachusetts Senate Race

Heading into the Massachusetts Democratic primary on Dec. 8, Attorney General Martha Coakley has a 15-point lead over her closest challenger for the nod to run for the seat vacated by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Nov. 23. Coakley leads Rep. Michael Capuano by 36 percent to 21 percent. The surprise is that Alan Kazei, co-founder of City Year, a kind of domestic Peace Corps, has moved into a tie with Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca at 14 percent each. Five percent prefer some other candidate and 10 percent are undecided. A Boston Globe poll ...

Published: 11/22/09

Coakley Has Big Lead in Race for Kennedy's Seat

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Coakley Has Big Lead in Race for Kennedy's Seat

Attorney General Martha Coakley is far ahead of the Democratic pack in the race for the party's nomination for the seat held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, garnering 43 percent of likely voters compared to 22 percent for Rep. Michael Capuano, and 15 percent for Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca, according to a Boston Globe poll conducted Nov. 13-18. ...

Published: 11/12/09

Coakley Looking Like Shoo-In for Dem Nod for Kennedy Seat

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Coakley Looking Like Shoo-In for Dem Nod for Kennedy Seat

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley appears to be coasting toward victory in the Dec. 8 Democratic primary to fill the seat of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy in a race that appears to have drawn little interest, according to a Suffolk University/7News poll conducted Nov. 4-8. ...

Published: 10/27/09

Coakley Way in Front in Bid to Fill Kennedy's Seat

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Coakley Way in Front in Bid to Fill Kennedy's Seat

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley holds a big lead over rivals for the Democratic nomination for the seat of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, with better than a two-to-one lead over her nearest opponent,according to a Western New England College Polling Institute survey conducted Oct. 18-22. Coakley is backed by 37 percent of voters compared to 14 percent for businessman Steve Pagliuca (who also is a managing partner of the Boston Celtics) and 13 percent for six-term Rep. Mike Capuano, with all others in the low single digits. Twenty-six percent are undecided as the Dec. 8 primary ...

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