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Nuclear Dove Markey Beats Kennedy in Democratic Primary for Senate Seat

Thursday, September 3rd, 2020

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Nuclear Dove Markey Beats Kennedy in Democratic Primary for Senate Seat

The Senate delegation from Massachusetts looks set to retain its tag-team of nuclear disarmament advocates into the next presidential term, now that Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has defeated Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) in a Democratic primary in the blue state. The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth at deadline had not released the official results from Tuesday's primary, but data from The Associated Press, with over 99% of state precincts reporting, showed Markey with more than 55% of the vote,…

Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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Congress

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