{"id":77705,"date":"2026-08-21T09:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/aoc-endorses-sen-ed-markey-as-incumbent-faces-dem-us-senate-primary-challenge-from-rep-seth-moulton\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:55:14","slug":"aoc-endorses-sen-ed-markey-as-incumbent-faces-dem-us-senate-primary-challenge-from-rep-seth-moulton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/aoc-endorses-sen-ed-markey-as-incumbent-faces-dem-us-senate-primary-challenge-from-rep-seth-moulton\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC endorses Sen Ed Markey as incumbent faces Dem US Senate primary challenge from Rep Seth Moulton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>, D-N.Y., endorsed Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., as the incumbent senator faces off against Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., in the Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Senate primary.<\/p>\n

“At a time when powerful special interests are making life harder for everyday Americans, Massachusetts working families need a champion in the U.S. Senate to stand up for them and fight corporate greed,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement released by Markey’s campaign.<\/p>\n

“Ed Markey has spent his career doing exactly that, from our partnership on the Green New Deal to running his campaign without accepting a dime of corporate PAC money.\u00a0 His work is an inspiration to many of us who are committed to building a better future for all, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m proud to endorse him,” the congresswoman added.<\/p>\n

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The House lawmaker previously backed Markey during his last election cycle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The toughest fights need the most inspiring leaders, and that\u2019s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She\u2019s got vision, she knows what\u2019s at stake, and she never backs down,” Markey said in a statement. “We introduced the Green New Deal to tackle the climate crisis, lower costs, and build an economy that works for working people, not corporations and billionaires. I am incredibly proud to have her endorsement and look forward to continuing to fight alongside her for the livable future we deserve.”<\/p>\n

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Markey, who turned 80 this year, has served in the Senate since mid-July 2013, but he had previously served in the House for more than 36 years.<\/p>\n

Moulton<\/a>, who is 47 and will turn 48 in October, has served in the House since 2015.<\/p>\n

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The Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Senate primary is on Sept. 1, and early voting is Aug. 22\u201328.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., endorsed Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., as the incumbent senator faces off against Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., in the Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Senate primary. “At a time when powerful special interests are making life harder for everyday Americans, Massachusetts working families need a champion in the U.S. Senate to stand up for … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}