A new UMass Lowell/Boston Herald poll in Massachusetts finds Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) remains largely unknown by most voters despite a 36-year career in Congress.
Markey led all his prospective GOP opponents — Daniel Winslow (R), Gabriel Gomez (R) and Michael Sullivan (R) — by double digits in the poll, but he did not crack the 50% mark against any of the little-known Republicans.
In the Democratic primary, Markey is way ahead of Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA), 50% to 21%.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
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