BOSTON (AP) – REP. EDWARD MARKEY REMAINS THE DEAN OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE DELEGATION AFTER WINNING RE-ELECTION TO HIS 17TH TERM.
THE MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRAT REPELLED A CHALLENGE FROM REPUBLICAN JOHN CUNNINGHAM OF REVERE.
CUNNINGHAM WAS ON THE BALLOT AS A REPUBLICAN BUT IS A SELF-PROFESSED LIBERTARIAN WHO OPPOSES THE IRAQ WAR, THE PATRIOT ACT AND THE $700 BILLION WALL STREET BAILOUT. MARKEY VOTED AGAINST THE WAR BUT IN FAVOR OF THE PATRIOT ACT AND THE BAILOUT.
MARKEY SAYS HE WANTS TO PUSH FOR NEW REGULATION OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR FOLLOWING THE RECENT WALL STREET MELTDOWN. HE REMAINS THE LONGEST-SERVING OF THE STATE'S 10 HOUSE MEMBERS AFTER TAKING OFFICE IN 1977.
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