About Last Night: Kennedy-free Massachusetts Edition

The same coalition of progressives that powered Sen Markey doesn’t leave much room for a reboot for Joe, third of his name.

U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III leaves the stag after speaking during a ceremony celebrating the life of his grandfather, Robert F. Kennedy, on the 50th anniversary of his assassination, in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, June 6, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery/ Public Domain)

The morning headlines will be filled with “First Kennedy to lose an election in Massachusetts” and “First time in X years no Kennedy will be in federal office”, but the fact remains Senator Ed Markey has put down to electoral defeat the Kennedy brand, for now.

Markey, 74, assumed his current office in July 2013 after winning a special election. He was chosen to serve out the balance of John Kerry’s sixth Senate term after Kerry was appointed U.S. Secretary of State. The Malden native then won a full six-year term by winning a 2014 Senate election.

Before his Senate appointment, Markey served the 7th District of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from November 1976 through July 2013. He won 19 reelection campaigns during his tenure in the House.

Markey is the Senate author of the Green New Deal, a proposed legislation package focused on climate change and energy policy. His co-author on the bill is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York, who endorsed him in the primary race. Markey also served as the chair of the House Energy Independence Committee from…