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Pemberton Leaves U.S. Senate Race, Takes Shots at Kennedy, Markey, and Democratic Party

Pemberton Leaves U.S. Senate Race, Takes Shots at Kennedy, Markey, and Democratic Party

Democratic businessman Steve Pemberton is stopping his race for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, but not before taking a shot at his party's preference for what he called "legacy and birthright … incumbency and connections." Pemberton was one of two outsiders who thought they had a shot to upset U.S. Senator Ed Markey in the September 2020 Democratic primary before U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III jumped into the race last month. The Kennedy-Markey fight is taking the lion's share of atte

Democratic businessman Steve Pemberton is stopping his race for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, but not before taking a shot at his party's preference for what he called "legacy and birthright … incumbency and connections." Pemberton was one of two outsiders who thought they had a shot to upset U.S. Senator Ed Markey in the September 2020 Democratic primary before U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III jumped into the race last month. The Kennedy-Markey fight is taking the lion's share of atte…