Democratic candidate Michael E. Capuano speaks during a Senate candidates forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Six candidates are vying for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. The party primaries are Dec. 8 and the special election is Jan. 19, 2010.
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