The New York Times asked voters in the Boston area their thoughts on the special election and who they were supporting. Excerpts of their answers, provided here, reflect the sense that the election was not just about the specific candidates (Scott Brown, the Republican who won the race, and Martha Coakley, the Democrat), but also about Congressional efforts to overhaul health care and other national issues.
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BOSTON — Scott Brown, a little-known Republican state senator, rode an old pickup truck and a growing sense of unease among independent voters to an extraordinary upset Tuesday night when he was elected to fill the Senate seat that was long held by Edward M. Kennedy in the overwhelmingly Democratic state of Massachusetts. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/us/polit...
