Scott Brown wins U.S. Senate election

Tuesday night, state Senator Scott Brown was declared the winner of the Special Election for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the passing of Ted Kennedy. Brown, a Republican, surged in the final weeks of the campaign to pull off one of the biggest political upsets in the nation's history, defeating the heavily favored Attorney General Martha Coakley. Brown won 52% of the vote, compared to Coakley's 47%.

"Tuesday night, the populist anger and frustration came together in a perfect storm in the Bay State as the voters elected a Republican to fill the seat held by the 'liberal lion' of the Senate Ted Kennedy," said MFI President Kris Mineau. "Today is the one-year anniversary of Barack Obama's inauguration, and the people of a state that overwhelmingly supported him in 2008 have told him what they think of his agenda in Washington."

Senator Brown has been a longtime supporter of traditional marriage, speaking out in support of the Marriage Amendment throughout the fight over the definition of marriage in Massachusetts. Senator Brown also received the endorsement of Massachusetts Citizens for Life for his pro-life voting record. Martha Coakley attempted to make his pro-life voting record an issue in the campaign, but the voters soundly rejected her abortion-on-demand stance.

"Scott Brown has been a good legislative ally for the causes of life and marriage on Beacon Hill, and we are excited that Scott will take his pro-family record to the U.S. Senate," Mineau added. "Massachusetts voters don't want the current health care bill, and they have sent Scott Brown to Washington, D.C. to stop it."

Though MFI is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that cannot endorse or support any candidate for office, we are hopeful that the Voter Guides that we provided to individuals and churches around the state helped citizens cast a more educated vote yesterday.

MFI congratulates U.S. Senator-Elect Scott Brown for his historic victory. We encourage Harry Reid and Barack Obama to promptly seat him, and allow him to begin doing the work the voters of Massachusetts sent him to do. We are encouraged that he has been an outspoken opponent of the current health care takeover bill before Congress. We look forward to working with Senator Brown on the health care issue, along with numerous other federal bills important to families in Massachusetts.

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