Senate Dem, 80, Beats Challenger 30 Years Younger

Kylie Cooper / REUTERS Progressive Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey fended off a challenge by Rep. Seth Moulton in a race that inverted a 2026 trend of younger Democratic primary candidates being more liberal. Markey, 80, comfortably defeated Moulton, 47, with about 65 percent of the vote to Moulton’s 35 percent, according

Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) is projected to fend off a primary challenge from his left and defeat attorney Patrick Roath in a battle defined by generational change, according to Decision Desk HQ.  Lynch, 71, defeated Roath, 39, in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts’s 8th Congressional District. Roath, who served

The oldest senator in Massachusetts history used a progressive message to beat Representative Seth Moulton, 47, defying calls for generational change.

Markey fends off generational challenge and other Massachusetts primary takeaways  CNN

Sen. Ed Markey, 80, is set to face 47-year-old Rep. Seth Moulton in Massachusetts on Tuesday in a Democratic primary for Senate set to be marked by discussions of age and generational change. CBS News' political director Fin Gómez has more.

WASHINGTON, Sept 1 - Generational change is on the ballot in Massachusetts on Tuesday as Democratic voters choose whether to renominate 80-year-old progressive U.S. Senator Ed Markey or replace him on the ballot with 47-year-old U.S. Representative Seth Moulton.