Coakley and Brown Will Face Off for Kennedy Seat

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7:05 AM, Dec 9, 2009 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM

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In the race no one cared about, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley got the Democratic nod yesterday and Republican Sen. Scott Brown will be the Republican nominee.

Top Republicans and Democrats congratulated the respective winners of the seat long occupied by Kennedy, a fixture in national politics who established himself as one of the most powerful lawmakers to serve in the Senate.

Coakley's Twitter account claimed victory shortly after polls closed Tuesday. "We did it! Thank you for your support!" On her Web site, Coakley released a statement to Massachusetts voters.

"You helped me convince the voters to send a different kind of leader to Washington, one who can see all the possibilities and who will get to work on those problems that have seemed impossible to change," she said.

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