US Senate candidate Ed Markey shakes hands with a supporter in Boston on Tuesday, as he celebrates winning the Democratic primary. (Elise Amendola/AP)
3:20 pm ET -Massachusetts Democrats are resolved not to repeat the mistakes of 2010, which allowed a GOP moderate with a fresh face and some charisma to prevail in a solid blue state. But GOP candidate Gabriel Gomez, like Scott Brown before him, is generating buzz.
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