Ed Markey

Edward "Ed" John Markey ( born July 11, 1946 in Malden, Massachusetts) is an American politician of the Democratic Party and, since July 16, 2013 as the successor of John Kerry United States Senator for Massachusetts. Until then, he had represented this State from 1976 to the U.S. House of Representatives.

After visiting the Immaculate Conception Grammar School and Malden Catholic High School, he studied 1964-1968 at Boston College and acquired there a Bachelor of Arts ( BA). Between 1968 and 1973 he did his military service in the U.S. Army Reserve. A simultaneous post-graduate studies in law at the Law School of Boston College, he joined in 1972 with a Juris Doctor ( JD ) from. He subsequently worked after his admission to the bar.

His political career began with election as a member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, where he served as a representative of the Democrats from 1973 to 1976. After the death of Torbert Macdonald on May 21, 1976, he was elected in a by-election to succeed him as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and represented by 19 Re-elections of November 2, 1976 to January 3, 2013, first to seventh and then the fifth electoral district of Massachusetts. He was temporarily Chairman of the Special Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming ( House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming ), Member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce ( House Committee on Energy and Commerce ) and Chairman of its Subcommittee on Energy and Environment ( House Energy Subcommittee on Energy and Environment ).

With the selection of the Democrats in Massachusetts for the 2013 vacant local U.S. Senate seat of the current Secretary of State John Kerry Markey sat down on 30 April 2013, 58 percent of the vote ( 306 680 ) against its competitors, Congressman Stephen Lynch, through. Markey won the special election on June 25, 2013 in an extremely low turnout of 27 percent with about 55 percent of the vote ( 629,000 ) against the Republican candidate, Gabriel E. Gomez. For the journalist Jim O'Sullivan choosing Markey means an incision for the State: For the first time in half a century hence represent a politician Massachusetts in the Senate, which ( after 37 years in the House of Representatives as a " holdover " or " remnant " ) no further political ambitions pursuing and unobtrusive Let ( "low profile" ). At the same time Markey is regarded as a reliable voice for the political left. Markey filled since he was sworn in on 16 July 2013, the remaining 17 months of 2008 by Kerry won six -year term until the regular election in November 2014, will compete again at the Markey. He stands in the eyes of many observers, the challenge of having to generate more attention and interest as if it were him yet succeeded, and follows closely the 2012 elected Senator of the State, Elizabeth Warren, to.