Thread by @SteveKornacki

This would be, if it stands, the first Kennedy loss in a Massachusetts Democratic primary

https://twitter.com/billscher/status/1298681988245852161

Here is the history (Technically RFK finished 2nd in the '68 primary, but he wasn't on the ballot and had encouraged his supporters to vote for McCarthy):

The closest to a Kennedy loss in this time was probably the '98 Gov race, which then-Rep. Joe Kennedy II was preparing to run in. But polls were very bad for him in '97 (there was a scandal at the time involving his brother Michael) and he opted not to run.

When Joe Kennedy II ran for the House to replace Tip O'Neill in 1986, there was talk before the primary that he was in danger of losing to a liberal state legislator, George Bachrach (who had managed the winning 1976 House campaign of Ed Markey). But Kennedy won easily.