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Markey defeated his challenger, NBC News projects, after he stressed his progressive positions and touted endorsements from Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
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Progressive Sen. Ed Markey, 80, defeats a younger moderate in the Massachusetts Democratic primary
Senator Ed Markey, an 80-year-old progressive, held off a younger centrist to win the Democratic primary in Massachusetts.
Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey defeats Seth Moulton in Massachusetts' Democratic Senate primary, AP projects.
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey won his Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary over an opponent who called for generational change.
Markey, 80, has represented Massachusetts in Congress for nearly five decades, serving in the House before winning a 2013 special Senate election. Moulton, 47, argued Markey is too old to serve another term.
Sen. Ed Markey fends off a challenge from Rep. Seth Moulton, as voters send the 80-year-old progressive toward another term
