Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL who’s hoping to claim John Kerry’s former Senate seat in deep blue Massachusetts next year, touted a new poll by Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling showing him within striking distance of long-time Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA).
Markey leads Gomez by a surprisingly slim margin — 44 percent to 40 percent — in PPP’s first poll since the primary earlier this week. Gomez, who has spent years working in private equity, is playing the outsider angle and hopes to tie Markey, first elected in 1976, to the public’s dismal view of Congress.
“These results confirm that voters agree with my reform plan to Reboot Congress, including term limits, a Balanced Budget Amendment, and a pay freeze for Congress,” Gomez said in a statement Friday. “Congressman Ed Markey is against these reforms. Congressman Markey began this campaign by slinging mud, and by refusing to accept my challenge of three debates. Congressman Markey is the poster boy for term limits in Washington, and these polls show voters agree.”
