2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts

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United States Senate special election political election

The 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was a high-profile contest to fill the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat, resulting in Republican Scott Brown’s upset victory in a traditionally Democratic stronghold.

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2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts canonical 3
United States Senate campaigns of Ted Kennedy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate special election ⓘ
political election ⓘ
campaignCharacterization rapid, intense campaign due to compressed special-election timetable ⓘ
campaignIssue economic policy ⓘ
federal spending ⓘ
health care reform ⓘ
taxes ⓘ
campaignStartContext vacancy created in 2009 ⓘ
chamber United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
defeatedCandidate Martha Coakley ⓘ
defeatedCandidateParty Democratic Party ⓘ
electionDate 2010-01-19 ⓘ
electorate registered voters of Massachusetts ⓘ
followedBy 2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national media attention ⓘ
nationalImpact affected prospects for passage of the Affordable Care Act ⓘ
notableOutcome Republican capture of a Senate seat long held by Democrats ⓘ
surprise result relative to early expectations favoring Democrat Martha Coakley ⓘ
officeContested United States Senator from Massachusetts ⓘ
politicalSignificance ended Democratic Party’s filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the U.S. Senate ⓘ
upset victory for Republican Party in Democratic-leaning state ⓘ
precededBy regular elections in which Ted Kennedy repeatedly won re-election ⓘ
previousOfficeHolder Edward M. Kennedy ⓘ
surface form: Ted Kennedy
previousOfficeHolderParty Democratic Party ⓘ
reasonForElection death of Senator Ted Kennedy ⓘ
seatClass Class 1 United States Senate seat from Massachusetts ⓘ
statePoliticalContext held in traditionally Democratic stronghold Massachusetts ⓘ
termFilled remainder of Ted Kennedy’s term ⓘ
type special election ⓘ
voterTurnoutDescription high-profile contest with strong turnout for a special election ⓘ
winner Scott Brown ⓘ
winnerIdeology conservative-leaning Republican ⓘ
winnerParty Republican Party ⓘ
year 2010 ⓘ

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Scott Brown → electedIn → 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts ⓘ
Joseph Gargan → associatedWith → 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Senate campaigns of Ted Kennedy
Martha Coakley → candidateInElection → 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts ⓘ
2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts → previousElection → 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts ⓘ