Ed Markey’s Massachusetts Senate Race Is a Generational Fight, With a Twist

Senator Markey, 80, faces a challenge from a much younger centrist, Representative Seth Moulton.

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is all but certain to secure a third term in the November general election after clinching the Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary Tuesday against the younger, more centrist Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA). The race was called for Markey at 8:31 p.m. by the Associated Press. He garnered 74.1% to Moul

Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey has won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts.

Bucking a push for younger leadership this election season, Sen. Ed Markey, 80, won the Democratic nomination against Rep. Seth Moulton, 47, who said that his party needed new leaders.

The race centered on whether Markey, 80, was too old to serve a third term in the Senate. The longtime liberal stalwart will be 86 by the end of his next term.

The 80-year-old incumbent prevailed after a primary dominated by questions about age and the party’s future. He will face Republican John Deaton in November.

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Sen. Ed Markey has fended off a challenge from Rep. Seth Moulton in the Massachusetts Democratic primary for Senate, Decision Desk HQ projects.  Moulton, a 47-year-old who’s served in the House for six terms, had lodged a generational change campaign against Markey, an 80-year-old who served 20 terms in the House and i

Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey won the state’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, NBC and AP projected, beating back a challenge from a congressman who argued he was too old to continue serving in the chamber.

The 2026 midterms have brought a number of generational challenges like the one Moulton is waging against Markey, with younger Democrats taking on — and in some cases unseating — longtime incumbents.

Sen. Ed Markey is 80, while his rival, Rep. Seth Moulton, is 47.