An 80-year-old progressive who’s been in Congress for nearly five decades won a key Senate primary by demanding “Medicare for All” and embracing transgender rights.
A pair of septuagenarian House Democrats turned back younger, more liberal challengers by highlighting the benefits of seniority and their skill at bringing federal funding home to their districts.
And an establishment-linked candidate won an open House seat on his second try, bolstered by endorsements from former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris.
In other words, the results of Tuesday’s Democratic primaries in Massachusetts were a mixed bag, with signs for optimism for candidates across the generational and ideological spectrum.
“The assignment is to take back the House and the Senate and have it filled with fighters who are going to stop Donald Trump,’’ said Mary Anne Marsh, a Boston-based Democratic strategist. “That’s it. … There’s no other common denominator.”
