Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth - Elections Division

2010 Massachusetts Special Election Results Local Filing Deadline: 10/20/09, Filing Deadline: 11/3/09, Withdrawal Deadline: 11/6/09, Primary: 12/8/09, Special Election: 1/19/10 Last Updated: January 19, 2010
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties,
Senator, 69.5% in '06, 10th term, Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy (D) died 8/26/09, Paul G. Kirk, Jr. (D) not running in special election in 2010, next election in 2012, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Lean Democratic, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Republican,
Att. Gen. Martha Coakley (D) 47.1%,	St. Sen. Scott P. Brown (R) 51.9%,	computer technician Joseph L. "Joe" Kennedy (L) 1.0%,

1. Link to Predictions:

D.C.'s Political Report, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Campaign & Elections: Political Oddsmaker, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard, Cook Political Report, National Journal's Rankings, Rothenberg Political Report, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball,

2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.

= Democrat retain control,	= Democrats take over control,
= Republican retain control,	= Republicans take over control,
= Independent / 3rd Party retains control,	= Independent / 3rd Party take over control
Bold indicates incumbent.	Yellow district indicates open races.
Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control.	Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control.
Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control.	Red boxes indicates Republicans took control.

3. Key to Massachusetts Political Parties:

(D) = Democratic Party (L) = Libertarian Party

(R) = Republican Party (WI) = Write-in candidates