Sun Nov 8, 9:15 PM ET

Republican candidate Jack E. Robinson is shown 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. (AP Photo/Nancy Palmieri)

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