U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III over incumbent U.S. Senator Ed Markey — outraging party activists on the left who note that party officials have sought to punish supporters of primary challengers against Democratic incumbents.Kennedy is seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate over Markey, who has held the seat since 2013.
Barney Frank was one of the first openly homosexual members of the United States Congress, but he is backing a straight man in Massachusetts's First Congressional District in 2020.
Frank, 80, whose district from 1991 to 2013 included his official residence in Newton, wants Democrats in western Massachusetts to re-elect U.S. Representative Richard Neal to another term over his primary challenger, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse.
