Wow, I never thought I’d live to see the day when a Republican of all people would be sitting in Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat! Of course, as Scott Brown himself proclaimed, “This Senate seat belongs to no one person, no one political party…It’s not the Kennedy seat, it’s the people’s seat.”
Nevertheless, Brown is the first Republican to be elected to the Senate from the Bay State since 1972. “This is a lot different than my victory,” former Massachusetts Republican Gov. Mitt Romney said. “To have a Republican senator, that’s unheard of. … This is monumental. This is epic.”
Democrats outnumber Republicans 3-to-1 in Massachusetts — 37 percent of registered voters are Democrats, 12 percent are Republicans and 51 percent are unaffiliated. In a state where the Democrats usually win easily by 20 percentage points, Brown beats Martha Coakley by 52-47 percent with 97 percent of precincts reporting so far.
Brown’s victory is significant, with a margin of 120,000 votes, making it difficult for any potential challenges to slow down his certification as the winner.
