League of Women Voters Gathers Senate Candidates
Democratic, Republican Candidates Meeting In Amherst
POSTED: 6:11 pm EST November 8,
2009
UPDATED: 7:02 pm EST November 8,
2009
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AMHERST, Mass. -- The League of Women voters is holding a forum with the candidates vying to succeed Sen. Edward Kennedy. All of the Democratic and Republican candidates were scheduled to appear Sunday at UMass-Amherst except for the front-runner, Attorney General Martha Coakley. The League has planned a second forum in January, before the Jan. 19 special election and after the field is narrowed through the Dec. 8 party primaries. Kennedy died Aug. 25 of brain cancer. Besides Coakley, the Democrats running to succeed him include Rep. Michael Capuano, City Year co-founder Alan Khazei and Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca. State Sen. Scott Brown and Duxbury attorney Jack E. Robinson are seeking the GOP nomination.
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