Markey Will Run in Special Election to Replace Kerry

Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), dean of the state’s Washington delegation, will run in 2013 for the U.S. Senate seat expected to open with the nomination of Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) to head the State Department, the Boston Globe reports.

Markey is the first prominent candidate to declare a run for Kerry’s seat, which will be filled through a special election early next summer, probably in June.