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Renewed Scrutiny: Mitt Romney’s Habitual Secrecy Problem (VIDEO)

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Patrick Kennedy to Scott Brown: Stop using my dad to defend your position on contraception

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Ann Coulter calls late Sen. Ted Kennedy 'Pestilence' (VIDEO)

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What an ANGRY Little Anti-Obama Hornet's Nest!

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Elizabeth Warren Officially In Senate Race to Unseat Scott Brown

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June 9, 1980 - And Not A Good Day To Be Jimmy Carter Either. | Newstalgia

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The sun has set on the Kennedy era

When Congress reconvenes next week, it will be the first time in 64 years that there... more

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Sarah Palin's Chappaquiddick?

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Carter Says Kennedy Blocked Healthcare Bill In '70s

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FBI reveals death threats that plagued Ted Kennedy

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FBI Releases Kennedy Documents

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Why Did the Democrats Lose In Massachusetts?

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GOP's Brown wins Mass. Senate seat in epic upset

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Brown wins Massachusetts Senate Race

Republican Scott Brown has won Tuesday's special election for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by liberal Democrat Ted Kennedy, CNN projects based on actual results.

Brown, a Massachusetts state senator, had 52 percent of the vote to 47 percent for state Attorney General Martha Coakley, the Democratic contender, with over 69 percent of precincts reporting in results from the National Election Pool, a consortium of media organizations including CNN. Independent candidate Joseph Kennedy, a libertarian who is not related to the Kennedy political family of Massachusetts, had 1 percent.

At stake was President Obama's domestic agenda, including health care reform.

If Brown upsets Coakley, Republicans will strip Democrats of the 60-seat Senate supermajority needed to overcome GOP filibusters against future Senate action on a broad range of White House priorities.

Final numbers on election turnout are expected "to be pretty good" despite the wintry weather, said Brian McNiff, a spokesman for the office of Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin.

"I don't think weather is going to impede too many people" from coming out to vote, McNiff said Tuesday. "I think the interest in this election will trump any bad weather."

Galvin predicted Monday as many 2.2 million of the state's 4.5 million registered voters would vote -- at least double the turnout from December's primary. In one sign of high interest, more than 100,000 absentee ballots were requested ahead of the election, according to McNiff.

iReport: Send us your thoughts on the special election

Coakley was initially expected to easily win the race to replace Sen. Ted Kennedy, known as the "liberal lion" of the Senate who made health care reform the centerpiece of his nearly 47-year Senate career. Kennedy died of brain cancer in August.

Until recently, Brown was underfunded and unknown statewide. In addition, no Republican has won a U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts since 1972, and Democrats control the governorship, both houses of the state legislature, and the state's entire congressional delegation.

Please read "Comments" (Page 3) for CNN's update, as of 1/20/10, at 3:26AM, ESTRepublican Scott Brown has won Tuesday's special election for the U.S. Senate... more