They tried to use his age against him, but the 80-year-old has what younger politicians lack
Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Ed Markey won the Democratic primary in Massachusetts with 65% of the vote.
- The 80-year-old defeated his 47-year-old challenger, Seth Moulton, in a contest framed as a generational conflict.
Ed Markey, 80, defeated his 47-year-old Democratic challenger Seth Moulton with 65% of the vote in Massachusetts’ primary, leaving him unlikely to retire from politics soon.
The result is building into a generational conflict. Yet in the U.S. political system, older politicians often hold the advantage.
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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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