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Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, greets attendees at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.

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Scott Brown, GOP, elected U.S. Senate

Brown beat out Democrat Martha Coakley

Updated: Tuesday, 19 Jan 2010, 9:48 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 19 Jan 2010, 8:28 PM EST

BOSTON, Mass., (AP) - Republican Scott Brown has won the Massachusetts Senate seat held for nearly a half-century by Democrat Edward Kennedy.

Brown's victory in the special election gives Senate Republicans the 41st vote they need to block legislation favored by majority Democrats and President Barack Obama.

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