{"id":50596,"date":"2020-09-06T17:27:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T17:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/06\/marine-vet-wins-democratic-primary-for-kennedys-us-house-seat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:43:40","slug":"marine-vet-wins-democratic-primary-for-kennedys-us-house-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/09\/06\/marine-vet-wins-democratic-primary-for-kennedys-us-house-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine vet wins Democratic primary for Kennedy\u2019s US House seat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jake Auchincloss, a city councilor in suburban Boston and a former Marine, won a packed primary to become the Democratic nominee in the race to fill the U.S. House seat being vacated by Rep. Joe Kennedy III in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auchincloss edged out six other Democratic candidates in the crowded field for the open 4th Congressional District, a contest that took until early Friday to decide because of a deluge of mailed-in ballots that overwhelmed several cities and towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 1 million voters, skittish over the coronavirus pandemic, used the mail option for Tuesday\u2019s primary. A state judge late Wednesday had approved a petition from Secretary of State Bill Galvin asking for more time for cities and towns to complete their vote tallies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After graduating from Harvard in 2010, Auchincloss served as a captain in the U.S. Marines. He commanded infantry in Afghanistan in 2012 and led an anti-narcotics platoon in Panama in 2014. He was elected to the Newton City Council in 2015. He also worked at a cybersecurity startup and as a senior manager at Liberty Mutual\u2019s innovation lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auchincloss, a moderate, was also briefly registered as a Republican in part of 2013 and 2014 while he worked to help elect moderate GOP Gov. Charlie Baker, a background his primary rivals had questioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/07\/02\/marine-vet-mcgrath-raises-russia-bounty-issue-in-kentucky-senate-race\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20182035701654.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Marine vet McGrath raises Russia bounty issue in Kentucky Senate race<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Taking the offensive after her narrow primary win, Democratic Senate nominee Amy McGrath challenged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to disclose what he knows about intelligence assessments suggesting Russia offered bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He listed among his priorities making \u201chealth care a right, not a job perk,\u201d protecting reproductive rights and combating the pollution that causes climate change. During the campaign, Auchincloss also said he wanted to help rebuild the country that sent his grandfather \u2014 \u201ca poor Jewish kid\u201d \u2014 to college during WWII.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auchincloss, 32, narrowly defeated fellow Democrats Jesse Mermell, Becky Grossman, Alan Khazei, Natalia Linos, Isshane Leckey, Ben Sigel and Chris Zannetos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State law allows campaigns to ask for recounts in specific precincts or city wards, but Mermell \u2014 who formally conceded the race Friday \u2014 said she wouldn\u2019t seek one. The former aide to ex-Gov. Deval Patrick trailed Auchincloss by an unofficial margin of 1,800 votes, or just under 1.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut that doesn\u2019t mean that I\u2019m content with the returns. I have serious returns about some gaps in the process,\u201d Mermell told reporters, adding she would advocate for ranked choice voting \u2014 a system that lets voters rank all the candidates in a political race in order of preference, from first to last on the ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A candidate who reaches 50% or more is declared the winner. If there\u2019s no majority, then there are additional tabulations aided by computers, in which last-place finishers are eliminated and those voters\u2019 second choices are reallocated to the remaining field. It\u2019s been used in some states, including Maine, but not in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auchincloss tweeted Friday about the need to defeat President Donald Trump in November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe must rally behind Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to defeat the Trump agenda and get to work rebuilding this country: its institutions, its confidence, and its commitment to justice,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/09\/05\/respect-for-troops-military-sacrifice-becomes-an-election-friction-point\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TrumpBiden.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Respect for troops, military sacrifice becomes an election friction point<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Accusations that Trump insulted troops and wounded veterans will be a frequent talking point for election rivals this fall.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kennedy opted not to seek reelection so he could challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. 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