{"id":817,"date":"2026-05-20T21:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=817"},"modified":"2026-05-20T21:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:05:27","slug":"markey-moulton-agree-to-august-debate-in-us-senate-primary-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=817","title":{"rendered":"Markey, Moulton agree to August debate in US Senate primary fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>US Senator Ed Markey and his challenger, US Representative Seth Moulton, will meet in an hour-long debate in late August, just days before voters get their say in the Senate Democratic primary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=815\">Republicans mull dropping $1 billion security money request for the White House and Trump\u2019s ballroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>WCVB, WBUR, and the Boston Globe are hosting the one-hour, televised event on Aug. 20. It will be the last debate between the two Democrats before the Sept. 1 primary, and two days before the state\u2019s early-voting period begins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Moulton, 47, has built his primary challenge on a call for generational change, pointing to Markey\u2019s age and seniority \u2014 he turns 80 in July and has served in Congress for 50 years \u2014 as arguments for a new era of leadership in Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Markey, who has held his Senate seat since 2013, remains popular among the state\u2019s Democratic base, with 84 percent of likely primary voters surveyed in an April Suffolk University\/Boston Globe saying they view him favorably.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The August debate will be moderated by WCVB anchor Ed Harding. Panelists include WCVB political reporter Sharman Sacchetti, Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker, and WBUR \u201cMorning Edition\u201dhost Tiziana Dearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The event will be livestreamed on WCVB.com, WBUR.org, and Globe.com, and broadcast live on WBUR 90.9FM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With less than four months until the primary election, Markey and his campaign have largely declined to directly attack Moulton, address Moulton\u2019s own attacks, or invoke the Salem congressman\u2019s name much at all, the Globe has reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=813\">Ex-prosecutor charged with sending herself copy of report on Trump classified files probe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Moulton, meanwhile, has repeatedly gone after the incumbent senator, arguing he is too old to serve another six-year term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Moulton has also sought to challenge Markey to a series of debates, and has agreed to face John Deaton, the likely Republican nominee for the US Senate seat, in a separate June 16 debate hosted by WBZ\u2019s Jon Keller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Massachusetts Democratic Party is holding its convention next week, when party activists will vote on whom to endorse in the race. Candidates must get at least 15 percent of support from the thousands of delegates gathering in Worcester in order qualify for the primary ballot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a statement Wednesday, a spokesperson for Moulton said for the two Democrats to not participate in more debates is a \u201cdisservice to our democracy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMassachusetts deserves a real conversation throughout June and July, not a single, performative checkbox debate right before Election Day,\u201d Taylor Hebble, the Moulton spokesperson, said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=811\">Three defining moments from Barney Frank\u2019s decades-long career in Congress<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><i>Kelly Garrity of the Globe staff contributed to this report.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WCVB, WBUR and the Boston Globe are hosting the one-hour, televised debate on Aug. 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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