Ed Markey reinvented himself with a focus
on environmentalism, leading to his big win
The story of how Senator Ed Markey, a 74-year-old incumbent with nearly 50 years in public office, staged a remarkable political comeback to defeat Joseph P. Kennedy III by more than 10 points in the Democratic Senate primary centers on the substantial environmental record Markey built up over the course of his career.
And Markey won young and highly educated voters by decisive margins because he was able to reinvent himself afterdecades of being a leading policy wonk in Congress.
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