By Conor
January 29, 2010
The Number One Target
Senate President Therese Murray
In the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the Speaker nearly always comes from Boston or a community bordering Boston. Those districts are the safest of the safe, and the Speaker’s electoral chances are never in doubt. The same cannot be said for the Senate President, who hails from a region of the state that has grown more conservative every year.
The numbers in Murray’s Plymouth and Barnstable district were simply shocking. She was Coakley’s campaign finance chair, her biggest proponent, and a fearless campaigner for the Attorney General. But Coakley got crushed in every town. In Murray’s hometown of Plymouth, Brown took 64%. Kingston, Plympton, Sandwhich, and Pembroke all broke for Brown at more than 2-1. Only Falmouth (53-47) went for Brown at less than 60%.
In the end, Brown topped Coakley in Murray’s district by roughly 20k votes. You can bet the State GOP will be searching thoroughly for a strong candidate to take her on.
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