Republican John Deaton, Democrat Seth Moulton To Meet In WBZ Pre-Primary Massachusetts Senate Debate Without Ed Markey

CBS Boston

June 16, 2026

The opinions expressed below are Jon Keller's, not those of WBZ-TV, CBS News or Paramount, a Skydance Corporation.

Senator Ed Markey is no pushover. Surviving and thriving during 50 years of bare-knuckle Massachusetts politics is proof of that.

But his endurance is about to be tested as never before. His challenger in the September 1 Democratic primary, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-Sixth District), and the presumptive Republican nominee who awaits the winner, Attorney John Deaton, are both poised to press the case that it's time for Markey to move on.

As the 47-year-old Moulton puts it in his campaign stump speech: "He's been in elective office for half a century. That's longer than I've been alive."

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