Can a Republican Win John Kerry’s Old Senate Seat?

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Town Hall:

The Massachusetts Senate special election is approximately fourteen days away, and despite the inescapable fact that the Commonwealth is one of America’s bluest battlegrounds, political newcomer Gabriel Gomez is ostensibly cutting into his opponent’s double digit lead.

Is this race getting close?

Democratic Rep. Edward Markey holds a narrowing lead over his Republican rival, former private-equity executive Gabriel Gomez, in the Massachusetts special election race, according to a new Suffolk University Political Research Center poll released Monday.

Among 500 likely voters, about 44% plan to vote for Mr. Markey in the June 25 special election, compared with 36% for Mr. Gomez, the survey found. That’s less support than Mr. Markey had in a Suffolk University poll in May, when 52% of likely voters said they planned to vote for him, while 35% leaned toward voting for Mr. Gomez.

Many voters in the Democratic-leaning state have yet to make up their minds. When asked in the most recent survey whom they would vote for if they were currently in the voting booth, 51% said they were still undecided, 18% said they would vote for Mr. Markey and 23% said they would choose Mr. Gomez.