# Ed Markey says Massachusetts needs a senator who ‘stands up and fights back’

https://mins.news/en/video/41690

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-02 08:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_hoqtol-8g

> Ed Markey, 80, defeated U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, 47. Moulton had argued that it was time to move beyond the “status quo” as he sought to unseat the octogenarian senator.

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