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Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Senate re-election

The incumbent Democrat secured another six-year term against Republican challenger John Deaton.

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Moderator Jon Keller, left, during a debate between U.S. Senate candidates John Deaton, center, and Sen. Ed Markey at WBZ-TV in Boston, Oct. 13, 2026. WBZ-TV

What this story says

  • Senator Ed Markey, a Democrat, has won re-election in Massachusetts.
  • He will serve another six-year term in the U.S. Senate.
  • Markey defeated Republican challenger John Deaton.
  • Polls had indicated Markey held an advantage on election day.

Who covered it

Left 58%(14)Centre 42%(10)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 24 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 25 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

62/100

Craft

77/100

Hype

15/100

25 sources · methodology

Incumbent Senator Ed Markey, a Democrat, has won re-election in Massachusetts, securing another six-year term. He defeated Republican challenger John Deaton. Polls had given Markey an advantage over Deaton on election day. Voters were deciding whether to grant the 80-year-old incumbent a third term.

Coverage comparison

What the coverage left out

None of the reports printed below mention John Deaton's political party affiliation. The right-rated outlets did not run this story.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 4 Nov 2026, 02:30, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

14 rated outlets

  • The left-rated reports highlighted Democrat Edward Markey's re-election victory. Both The Record and NiagaraFallsReview.ca stated that Markey won his re-election bid to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts.

Centre

10 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated reports focused on the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race between Ed Markey and John Deaton. Boston.com provided live election results for the contest. Elplaneta.com noted that polls gave Markey an advantage over Deaton and that Senate control was being decided nationally. WBUR reported that Markey easily won another six-year term, defeating Deaton and securing an early win for Democrats. WCVB framed the race as a question of whether voters would give the 80-year-old incumbent a third term or send him home.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Senate re-election?
Of the 24 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 58% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 25. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Senate re-election left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 24 rated outlets on this story, 58% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 0% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Senate re-election biased?
Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Senate re-election is one event reported by 25 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered Ed Markey wins Massachusetts Senate re-election?
25 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Who won the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race?
Senator Ed Markey, a Democrat, won the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race. He secured another six-year term, defeating Republican challenger John Deaton.
What was at stake in the Massachusetts Senate election?
Voters were deciding whether to give the incumbent Senator Ed Markey, who is 80 years old, a third term in the U.S. Senate. The race was for one of Massachusetts' two Senate seats.
Did polls predict the outcome of the Senate race?
Yes, polls gave Senator Ed Markey an advantage over his Republican challenger John Deaton on election day. Markey ultimately won the election.

Read it at the source

36 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

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Centre

13
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Right

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Not rated

4

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