Katherine Clark wins Massachusetts special election

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15. She looks good, frazzled.

Clark could be sworn in Thursday, as the newest member of the minority party in a deeply polarized, hyper-partisan House and a Congress that will almost certainly go down as the least productive in modern history.

In Washington, she has vowed to fight “extremist Republicans” on issues such as pay equity for women and abortion rights, but will face a daunting challenge, since the GOP controls both the chamber and the agenda in the House.

Tuesday’s outcome was hardly in doubt since the district is heavily Democratic, and favored President Obama over Mitt Romney by more than 30 percentage points in 2012. Clark was also backed by her party, as well as unions and women’s groups, and raised $1.2 million.

The state and national Republican parties had all but ceded the race to Clark, giving no financial help to Addivinola, a Boston lawyer who has run for office three times and does not even live in the district. He raised just $38,000 while loaning himself nearly $62,000.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/10/katherine-clark-wins-special-election-for-house/5MyCI2RWY4HdgvfFTx5oQJ/story.html