Election for Kennedy’s seat may affect health care reform

There will be a special election to fill the vacant seat in senate of Late Sen Ted Kennedy. He was an expert in the field of healthcare, but this election for his seat may affect the healthcare reformation process introduced by Obama administration last year. The election will be conducted on 19th January, 2010.

Republican candidate Scott Brown is contesting against Martha Coakley from Democrat side. Scott is a state senator while Martha is holding the position of Attorney General of Massachusetts. Different polls suggest that the final round of competition will be a very close one and Democrats are still holding a 15 points advantage. After 1972, none of the republican candidate was able to win the senate seat election in Massachusetts. CNN political analyst David Gergen said the health care reformation issue will play a vital role in this election and this bring the tight competition. Democrats hold the 60 – 40 majority in senate over Republicans, but if they loose in this Massachusetts senate election, they will lose their supermajority. 

So there is no surprise that this race has gained state and national attention. A campaign for Brown said that it was able to generate a fund of $1.3 million in internet campaign. The top donors of Democratic Party were asked to donate fund to provide much needed financial support to win.

Popularity: 1% [?]