Candidate · U.S. Senate
Edward J. Markey
What this job does: One of two people who speak for Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. Senators vote on federal laws and the federal budget, and confirm judges and cabinet members. A term is six years.
- Current office
- U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (since 2013)
- Occupation
- U.S. Senator
- Lives in
- Malden
Background
- U.S. Senator since July 2013; U.S. Representative 1976-2013 source: en.wikipedia.org
- Massachusetts House of Representatives 1973-1976 source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.A. (1968) and J.D. (1972) from Boston College; U.S. Army Reserve 1968-1973 source: en.wikipedia.org
- Won the 2026 Democratic primary source: en.wikipedia.org
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