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A special election for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district took place on December 10, 2013, due to the resignation of Democratic Congressman Ed Markey following his election to the United States Senate in a special election on June 25, 2013.[1] Primary elections were held on October 15, in which Democratic state senator Katherine Clark and Republican Frank Addivinola won their party nominations. State law required that Governor Deval Patrick call a special election between 145 and 160 days after the vacancy became official.[2] On December 10, Clark easily defeated Addivinola with almost 2/3 of the vote, holding the seat for the Democrats.[3] Clark's win marked the 92nd consecutive U.S. House loss by Republicans in Massachusetts since 1996.[4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Katherine Clark
State officials
Local officials
Organizations
Labor unions
  • APWU Local 100[9]
  • IBEW Local 123[9]
  • IBEW Local 2222[9]
  • IBEW Local 2321[9]
  • International Association of Fire Fighters Melrose Local 1617, Executive Board[9]
  • Ironworkers Local 7[9]
  • NAGE/IBPO/SEIU Local 5000[9]
  • Teamsters Local 25 [9]
  • United Steelworkers Union Local 12012[9]
Newspapers

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Will
Brownsberger
Katherine
Clark
Peter
Koutoujian
Martin
Long
Paul
Maisano
Carl
Sciortino
Karen
Spilka
Undecided
Gerstein Bocian Agne* Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine September 23–25, 2013 500 ± 4.4% 12% 27% 16% 15% 18% 12%
GreenbergQuinlanRosner^ September 22–24, 2013 400 ± 4.9% 11% 19% 15% 11% 18% 26%
Emerson College September 13–17, 2013 310 ± 4% 11.3% 23.9% 19% 1.3% 1% 5.2% 15.5% 22.6%
GreenbergQuinlanRosner^ July 18–23, 2013 405 ± 4.9% 11% 15% 12% 4% 14% 43%
  • * Internal poll for Katherine Clark Campaign
  • ^ Internal poll for Karen Spilka Campaign

Results

Democratic primary results by municipality
  Clark
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Koutoujian
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   70–80%
  Sciortino
  •   40–50%
  Brownsberger
  •   60–70%
  Spilka
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
2013 Democratic primary results - Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Katherine Clark 21,959 31.5
Democratic Peter Koutoujian 15,290 21.9
Democratic Carl Sciortino 11,185 16.0
Democratic Will Brownsberger 10,142 14.6
Democratic Karen Spilka 9,057 13.0
Democratic Paul Masiano 1,498 2.2
Democratic Martin Long 394 0.6

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Frank
Addivinola
Mike
Stopa
Tom
Tierney
Undecided
Emerson College September 13–17, 2013 107 ± 9% 13.1% 6.5% 24.3% 56.1%

Results

2013 Republican primary results - Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Addivinola 4,759 48.5
Republican Mike Stopa 2,477 25.3
Republican Tom Tierney 2,456 25.1

General election

Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Katherine Clark 40,303 65.8
Republican Frank Addivinola 19,328 31.5
Independent James Aulenti 996 1.6
Independent James Hall 452 0.7
Write-in 217 0.4
Total votes 61,380 100.0
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ Michael Levenson, Frank Phillips and Martin Finucane (June 25, 2013). "Markey wins US Senate special election". Boston Globe.
  2. ^ "General Laws: Section 140 Senators and representatives in congress; vacancies". Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Democrat Katherine Clark Wins Special Election to Fill Massachusetts Congressional Seat".
  4. ^ Ostermeier, Eric (December 11, 2013). "Massachusetts Republicans Lose 92nd Consecutive US House Race". Smart Politics.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Miller, Joshua (July 1, 2013). "Five Democrats vying for Markey's seat in US House". The Boston Globe.
  6. ^ a b c O'Connell, Joe (August 16, 2013). "Ballots set for 5th Congressional District primaries". The MetroWest Daily News. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  7. ^ a b c "FIFTH DISTRICT RACE: Katherine Clark earns more endorsements". Wicked Local Sudbury. September 18, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  8. ^ Miller, Joshua (September 12, 2013). "Coakley backs Katherine Clark in bid for Markey's seat". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "FIFTH DISTRICT RACE: Katherine Clark endorsed by Melrose firefighters". The Arlington Advocate. October 9, 2013.
  10. ^ Cahn, Emily (October 8, 2013). "Congresswoman Endorses Democrat in Mass. Special Election". Roll Call. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  11. ^ "EMILY's List Endorses Katherine Clark for Congress". EMILY's List. September 20, 2013. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  12. ^ "Sense of mission makes Katherine Clark best choice for US House". The Boston Globe. October 10, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  13. ^ a b c Cahn, Emily (September 12, 2013). "House Progressives Endorse Special Election Candidate". Roll Call. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  14. ^ Cahn, Emily (August 19, 2013). "Alan Grayson Endorses Two Democrats in Primaries | #MA05 #PA13". Roll Call. Archived from the original on August 22, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  15. ^ a b "Endorsements for Carl Sciortino". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  16. ^ a b "Katherine Clark, Frank Addivinola win 5th District congressional primaries". The Republican. October 15, 2013.
  17. ^ Ameden, Danielle (June 27, 2013). "Candidates in race to fill Markey's House seat". MetroWest Daily News.
  18. ^ "GOP candidate Mike Stopa declares candidacy". Medford Transcript. July 26, 2013.

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