BOSTON (AP) — Following a recount, Lori Trahan on Monday was declared the winner of a razor-close Democratic congressional primary in Massachusetts.
Dan Koh, who finished second in the 10-candidate primary on Sept. 4, conceded defeat as the recount in the 37 cities and towns in Massachusetts' 3rd Congressional District came to a close — with Trahan adding slightly to her narrow margin of victory.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Niki Tsongas, who credited her late husband Paul as a political lodestar, announced Wednesday she would not seek re-election in her north Massachusetts district.
"I have learned in life that there is a time for endings and for new beginnings. After much thought, I have decided that this is one of those times," the 71-year-old Tsongas said in a statement.