Poll: Brown Takes The Lead In MA SEN

MA Senate Candidates AG Martha Coakley (D) and State Sen. Scott Brown (R)
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The latest poll in the Massachusetts Senate race shows Scott Brown (R) taking a slim lead over Martha Coakley (D) as the clock ticks down in the special election to replace Ted Kennedy in the Senate.

The poll, conducted by Suffolk University Jan. 11-13, shows Brown leading Coakley by four, 50-46. It’s the latest in a string of polls showing the race is too close to call less than a week before voters go to the polls Jan. 19. The Suffolk poll has a 4% margin of error.

Yesterday, both the Cook Political Report and the Rothenberg Political Report officially listed the race as a “toss up.” National political forces have shifted their attentions to Massachusetts, with both Brown and Coakley backers dispatching millions in money and resources to the state in the final days of the campaign.

The race reverberates far outside the Bay State. The idea of a Brown win is more than just an embarrassment for Democrats trying to hold the former Senate seat of Kennedy, one of the party’s icons. It would also be a serious barrier to the passage of comprehensive health care reform, Kennedy’s signature issue, this year.

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