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2013 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election

A special election for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district took place on December 10, 2013, due to the resignation of Democratic Congressman Ed Markey following his election to the United States Senate in a special election on June 25, 2013.[1] Primary elections were held on October 15, in which Democratic state senator Katherine Clark and Republican Frank Addivinola won their party nominations. State law required that Governor Deval Patrick call a special election between 145 and 160 days after the vacancy became official.[2] On December 10, Clark easily defeated Addivinola with almost 2/3 of the vote, holding the seat for the Democrats.[3] Clark's win marked the 92nd consecutive U.S. House loss by Republicans in Massachusetts since 1996.[4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Katherine Clark

State officials

Local officials

Organizations

  • EMILY's List[11]
  • Melrose Democratic City Committee[9]
  • Winchester Democratic Town Committee[9]
  • Women's Campaign Fund[9]

Labor unions

  • APWU Local 100[9]
  • IBEW Local 123[9]
  • IBEW Local 2222[9]
  • IBEW Local 2321[9]
  • International Association of Fire Fighters Melrose Local 1617, Executive Board[9]
  • Ironworkers Local 7[9]
  • NAGE/IBPO/SEIU Local 5000[9]
  • Teamsters Local 25 [9]
  • United Steelworkers Union Local 12012[9]

Newspapers

Carl Sciortino

State officials

Organizations

Polling

Results

Democratic primary results by municipality
  Clark
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Koutoujian
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   70–80%
  Sciortino
  •   40–50%
  Brownsberger
  •   60–70%
  Spilka
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Results

General election

References

  1. ^ Michael Levenson, Frank Phillips and Martin Finucane (June 25, 2013). "Markey wins US Senate special election". Boston Globe.
  2. ^ "General Laws: Section 140 Senators and representatives in congress; vacancies". Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Democrat Katherine Clark Wins Special Election to Fill Massachusetts Congressional Seat".
  4. ^ Ostermeier, Eric (December 11, 2013). "Massachusetts Republicans Lose 92nd Consecutive US House Race". Smart Politics.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Miller, Joshua (July 1, 2013). "Five Democrats vying for Markey's seat in US House". The Boston Globe.
  6. ^ a b c O'Connell, Joe (August 16, 2013). "Ballots set for 5th Congressional District primaries". The MetroWest Daily News. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  7. ^ a b c "FIFTH DISTRICT RACE: Katherine Clark earns more endorsements". Wicked Local Sudbury. September 18, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  8. ^ Miller, Joshua (September 12, 2013). "Coakley backs Katherine Clark in bid for Markey's seat". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "FIFTH DISTRICT RACE: Katherine Clark endorsed by Melrose firefighters". The Arlington Advocate. October 9, 2013.
  10. ^ Cahn, Emily (October 8, 2013). "Congresswoman Endorses Democrat in Mass. Special Election". Roll Call. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  11. ^ "EMILY's List Endorses Katherine Clark for Congress". EMILY's List. September 20, 2013. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  12. ^ "Sense of mission makes Katherine Clark best choice for US House". The Boston Globe. October 10, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  13. ^ a b c Cahn, Emily (September 12, 2013). "House Progressives Endorse Special Election Candidate". Roll Call. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  14. ^ Cahn, Emily (August 19, 2013). "Alan Grayson Endorses Two Democrats in Primaries | #MA05 #PA13". Roll Call. Archived from the original on August 22, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  15. ^ a b "Endorsements for Carl Sciortino". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  16. ^ Gerstein Bocian Agne* Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ GreenbergQuinlanRosner^
  18. ^ a b Emerson College
  19. ^ GreenbergQuinlanRosner^
  20. ^ a b "Katherine Clark, Frank Addivinola win 5th District congressional primaries". The Republican. October 15, 2013.
  21. ^ Ameden, Danielle (June 27, 2013). "Candidates in race to fill Markey's House seat". MetroWest Daily News.
  22. ^ "GOP candidate Mike Stopa declares candidacy". Medford Transcript. July 26, 2013.

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