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In Massachusetts
Race to Succeed
Markey, Clark
Wins Party Nod
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OCTOBER 21, 2013
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The 113th Congress
In Transition
VACANCIES (3)
n Alabama 1 — Jo Bonner, R, resigned Aug. 2. A
Republican primary runoff between Bradley
Byrne and Dean Young is set for Nov. 5. The
winner faces Democrat Burton LeFlore in a
special election Dec. 17.
n Louisiana 5 — Rodney Alexander, R, resigned
Sept. 27 to run Louisiana’s Department of
Veterans Affairs. A special election with 14
candidates was scheduled for Oct. 19. If a runoff
is needed, it would occur Nov. 16.
n Massachusetts 5 — Edward J. Markey, D,
resigned July 15 to take a Senate seat. A
special election between Democrat Katherine
Clark and Republican Frank Addivinola occurs
Dec. 10.
VACANCIES FILLED (3 HOUSE, 2 SENATE)
n Illinois 2 — Jesse L. Jackson Jr., D, resigned
Nov. 21. Democrat Robin Kelly was sworn in April
11 after winning an April 9 special election.
n Massachusetts Senate — John Kerry, D, resigned
Feb. 1 to become secretary of State; William
“Mo” Cowan was sworn in Feb. 7. Edward J.
Markey was sworn in to replace him July 16 after
winning a June 25 special election.
n Missouri 8 — Jo Ann Emerson, R, resigned
Jan. 22. Republican Jason Smith was sworn in
June 5 after winning a June 4 special election.
n New Jersey Senate — Frank R. Lautenberg, D,
died June 3. Jeff Chiesa, R, was sworn in June 10.
Cornell University and has a master’s in public
administration from the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University.
She worked as a prosecutor and served as
general counsel for the Massachusetts Office
of Child Care Services. First elected to the state
legislature in 2008, she chaired the Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
Bachus
Democrat Cory Booker won an Oct. 16 special
election.
n South Carolina 1 — Republican Mark Sanford was
sworn in May 15 after winning a May 7 special
election to replace Tim Scott, R, who resigned
Jan. 2 to become a senator at the start of the
113th Congress on Jan. 3.
RETIRING FROM THE HOUSE (4 R)
n Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. (6)
n Spencer Bachus, R-Ala. (6)
n John Campbell, R-Calif. (45)
n C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla. (13)
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR (2 D)
n Rep. Michael H. Michaud, D-Maine (2)
n Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz, D-Pa. (13)
RETIRING FROM THE SENATE (2 R, 5 D)
n Max Baucus, D-Mont.
n Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.
n Tom Harkin, D-Iowa
n Mike Johanns, R-Neb.
n Tim Johnson, D-S.D.
n Carl Levin, D-Mich.
n Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.
RUNNING FOR THE SENATE (6 R, 3 D)
n Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa (1)
n Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga. (10)
n Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. (2)
n Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La. (6)
n Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. (4)
n Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga. (11)
n Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, D-Hawaii (1)
n Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga. (1)
n Rep. Gary Peters, D-Mich. (14)
Her campaign website says, “If you send me
to be your representative in Congress, I’ll help
stop the Republican extremists from turning
back the clock on women’s rights, and I’ll focus on equal pay, protecting women’s health
care, job creation, college affordability and
on other family issues that the Republican
Congress is blocking at every turn.” n
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Massachusetts State Sen. Katherine Clark
won a crowded special primary in her state’s
5th District on Oct. 15, defeating six other
Democrats and putting her in good position
in the heavily Democratic district to become
the sixth woman elected to Congress from
the Bay State.
Clark received 32 percent of the vote in
unofficial returns, beating Middlesex County
Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, who got 22 percent
of the vote.
She will face lawyer Frank Addivinola,
a Republican, in a special general election
on Dec. 10. He won 49 percent, outpacing
Harvard physicist Michael Stopa and actuary
Tom Tierney.
Clark was one of seven Democrats running in the contest to replace Sen. Edward J.
Markey, who had won 19 House terms before
he was elected to the Senate in a June special
election to fill the seat of fellow Democrat
John Kerry, who resigned Feb. 1 to become
secretary of State.
Clark led the pack for most of the contest
and was largely considered to be the front-runner by local Democratic operatives. State Rep.
Carl Sciortino finished third with 16 percent.
President Barack Obama carried the district, which covers northern and western
Boston suburbs including Framingham,
Malden, Medford and Waltham, with 65
percent in 2012.
Clark announced her candidacy even before Markey officially entered the Senate
special election. She won the endorsement
of Emily’s List, which picked her over another Democratic female candidate, State Sen.
Karen Spilka.
“From the school committee in Melrose
to the state Senate in Boston, Katherine has
been a champion for children and has put
the safety of Massachusetts families first,” the
endorsement said.
Clark is a graduate of St. Lawrence University in New York. She got her law degree from
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