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Contents 1 Next election: 2012 2 Last election: 2006 3 Massachusetts congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2012

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Race status

Incumbent:	Scott Brown
Incumbent running?	Yes
Primary challenge?	No primary challenge for incumbent.

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Scott Brown	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 1, 2011
Alan Khazei	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 1, 2011	Ran in 2010; lost Dem primary. City Year co-founder.
Elizabeth Warren	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 19, 2011
Tom Conroy	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	June 2, 2011	Mass. state rep.
Deval Patrick	Democratic	Out of race	Source	August 1, 2011	Mass. gov.
Barney Frank	Democratic	Out of race	Source	February 3, 2011	Disavowed run.
Setti Warren	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	June 2, 2011	Newton, Mass. mayor.
Robert Massie	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	June 2, 2011
Marisa DeFranco	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	June 2, 2011
Jim King (Massachusetts)	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Herb Robinson	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	June 3, 2011

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:
General election winner:	TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Edward Kennedy

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Edward Kennedy	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Kenneth Chase	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	Edward Kennedy, Kenneth Chase
General election winner:	Edward Kennedy

Massachusetts congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Scott Brown's district offices
No district office information entered.

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Massachusetts congressional districts and candidates.
• The full U.S. Senate elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=MA-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/MA-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/MA-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/MA-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=MA-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/MA-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/MA-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/MA-Sen

External articles

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On Jan. 19th, Republican state Sen. Scott Brown defeated Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley in a special election to fill the Senate seat once held by Ted Kennedy. Brown will be sworn into the U.S. Senate on Feb. 4.