Congressman Seth Moulton is making generational change the centerpiece of his challenge to U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, arguing that Democrats need new leadership after the 79-year-old senator’s nearly half-century in Congress.

“I’m just not afraid to challenge my own party when the status quo isn’t working and we need change,” Moulton told 12 News on Friday during his first campaign swing through Bristol County.

The 47-year-old Salem Democrat, a veteran of the Iraq War, won his current seat when he beat an incumbent Democrat in a 2014 primary. But Markey has his own experience with primary challengers, having defeated then-Congressman Joe Kennedy III in 2020.

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