All five candidates running for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts suspended campaigning on Monday, shortly after two bombs detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
Democratic Senate candidates U.S. Representatives Stephen Lynch, left, and Edward Markey.
SPRINGFIELD – The U.S. Senate debate scheduled to take place Thursday between candidates and congressmen Stephen Lynch and Edward Markey has been postponed, in consideration of the bombing at the Boston Marathon.
Both congressmen had constituents from their respective districts perish in the attack. Spokesmen said both planned to pay tribute to the injured and the fallen in their official capacity as U.S. representatives.
One of the deceased was Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old from Medford, which is in Markey’s congressional district. The confirmed fatality from Lynch’s district was 8-year-old Martin Richard, a Dorchester boy.
The two Democratic Senate campaigns are in talks to try to reschedule the debate for a date next week. Should they come to an agreement, WGBY-TV, the local PBS affiliate hosting the debate, has said it can accommodate a shift in plans.
All five candidates running for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts suspended campaigning on Monday, shortly after two bombs detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Since then, their political activities have ceased and they’ve requested their advertisements be pulled from airwaves across the state.