Senator Ed Markey held double-digit polling leads over Representative Seth Moulton through late August and early September 2026 in their Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary race. The contest pitted the 80-year-old progressive incumbent against the younger, more moderate Moulton.
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U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, 80, faces a Democratic primary challenge from U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, 47, in a race focused on Markey’s age and his positions on transgender rights [seattletimes.com#1][nytimes.com#1][abcnews.com#1]. Moulton has argued that Markey is too old for another Senate term, while Markey has defended transgender rights and transgender athletes during the campaign [seat
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is handily leading Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) in a primary race for his seat in the upper chamber, according to a new poll. In the Emerson College Polling poll, 60.4 percent of respondents that are likely to vote in the Democratic primary or have already voted said that they would back...
Senator Ed Markey had double digit leads in every poll of the Democratic primary for Senate in August after Seth Moulton briefly narrowed the gap this spring.
Age on the agenda in Massachusetts but octogenarian leftwinger leads younger rival Seth Moulton in primary poll Democrats have spent the summer ousting long-serving incumbents in primaries across the country. On Tuesday, Massachusetts voters will decide whether that generational revolt extends to the 80-year-old Ed Markey, whose younger Democratic rival has argued that the incumbent is simply too
Incumbent progressive Sen. Ed Markey faces the more moderate Rep. Seth Moulton in the Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary. CBS News' Taurean Small analyzes the race.
Younger centrist Seth Moulton and older progressive Ed Markey are fighting for the Senate nomination in the Massachusetts Democratic primary. CBS News congressional reporter Taurean Small has more.
Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Seth Moulton are duking it out for the Democratic nod in the Massachusetts Senate race. Moulton has made the race about generational change, arguing it's time for "a new generation of leadership." Markey has held the seat since 2013 and has served in Congress for a total of five decades....