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Senate special election

Edward Markey keeps party’s hold on Senate seat

The House veteran cruised to victory over GOP newcomer Gabriel Gomez, despite running a low-key campaign that drew record low voter turnout.

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Democrat Edward Markey and his wife, Susan Blumenthal, thanked supporters Tuesday night at the Park Plaza Hotel.

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Senator-elect Markey rolled up large enough margins in the party’s strongholds to overwhelm Republican Gabriel Gomez.

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Senator-elect Markey acknowledged his supporters after winning the US Senate special election .

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Senator-elect Markey, 66, now heads to the Senate to finish the final 17 months of John F. Kerry’s term.

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GOP candidate Gabriel Gomez gave his concession speech at the Seaport Hotel in Boston.

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Gomez thanked his supporters after conceding the race.

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A volunteer for Gomez's campaign wore pants with the Republican symbol on them at the election night party.

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Ned Lipsett, 16, of Hingham reacted as he watched the returns at Gomez's party at the Seaport Hotel in Boston.

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Massachusetts Republican Party Chairwoman Kirsten Hughes warmed up the crowd at Gomez's election night party.

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Supporters watched election results come in on television screens at Edward Markey's election night party.

SCOT LEHIGH

Predictable end to the Senate campaign

The electorate is sending to Washington an orthodox liberal whose take-no-chances campaign seldom wandered beyond Democratic Party platitudes.

Election Analysis

Edward Markey unlikely to become a celebrity-senator

No one expects Markey to re-create the household-name profile held by his Bay State predecessors in the Senate.

Christopher L. Gasper

Bruins’ Stanley Cup run was still inspiring

Even if you knew the painful finish ahead of time, would you opt out of the nearly two months of riveting, rollicking, inspiring hockey?

Whirlwind welcome for BSO conductor Andris Nelsons

The Latvian conductor chosen to become the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 15th music director was embraced by his new city at every turn Tuesday.

Lindsay Boegel with PAN Communications’ Gene Carozza. Boegel said having a paycheck makes her feel more confident in her job.

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Court ruling stirs debate over intern pay

A recent ruling by a US District judge in New York reinforced a decades-old federal law that says interns deserve a paycheck.

Supreme Court voids vital part of ’65 Voting Act

The court, in a 5-to-4 ruling, deemed it unconstitutional for the federal government to single out states for extra scrutiny of their voting procedures.

Opinion

JEFF JACOBY

The myth of the inevitable Jewish minority in Israel

While Palestinian birth rates have dramatically declined, Jewish birth rates in Israel have been heading up.

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Athenahealth has promised to add workers at its Watertown headquarters in exchange for the state tax break.

Athenahealth, state strike deal

Patrice Bergeron and the Bruins saluted TD Garden fans after the loss.

Christopher L. Gasper

This Bruins team deserved a better ending

Music for every summer occasion

Setting sail for history in Plymouth

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Alela Diane makes aesthetic visceral

Kevin Cullen

Comforting the comforters

The MS Tûranor PlanetSolar’s 5,000 square feet of solar panels stretch 75 feet across and 115 feet stem to stern when fully deployed.

Solar boat sails into Boston

Doc Rivers couldn’t bear to go through a rebuild with Kevin Garnett and the Celtics.

on basketball

Rivers just didn’t want to rebuild the Celtics

Sports

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Dustin Pedroia was 3 for 5 and drove in four runs.

Red Sox erupt in big win over the Rockies

The Red Sox had seven runs by the time the third inning was over and finished with a season-best 20 hits.

Metro

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Cardinal O’Malley has declared he will not allow anyone to speak on church property who advocates beliefs in conflict with church doctrine.

Cardinal O’Malley bars talk by priest over views

An Austrian priest who advocates ordaining women and making celibacy optional is banned from speaking at a Catholic parish in Dedham.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Taking arms against assault

Kevin Cullen

Repeat after me, Whitey was a rat

JEFF JACOBY

The myth of the inevitable Jewish minority

Ed Markey’s campaign focused largely on traditional Democratic constituency groups.