Editing Ed Markey (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1946)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Ed Markey
| image               = Julie Su and Ed Markey (FsUCK14WYAI6WVy) (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Markey in 2023
| office              = Ranking Member of the [[United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship|Senate Small Business Committee]]
| term_start          = January 3, 2025
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = [[Joni Ernst]]
| successor           = 
| jr/sr1              = United States Senator
| state1              = [[Massachusetts]]
| alongside1          = [[Elizabeth Warren]]
| term_start1         = July 16, 2013
| term_end1           = 
| predecessor1        = [[Mo Cowan]]
| successor1          = 
| office2             = Chair of the [[United States House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming|House Global Warming Committee]]
| term_start2         = March 8, 2007
| term_end2           = January 6, 2011
| predecessor2        = Position established
| successor2          = Position abolished
| state3              = [[Massachusetts]]
| term_start3         = November 2, 1976
| term_end3           = July 15, 2013
| predecessor3        = [[Torbert Macdonald]]
| successor3          = [[Katherine Clark]]
| constituency3       = {{ushr|MA|7|7th district}} (1976–2013)<br />{{ushr|MA|5|5th district}} (2013)
| office4             = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]
| term_start4         = January 3, 1975
| term_end4           = November 2, 1976
| predecessor4        = Edward Dickson
| successor4          = John McNeil
| constituency4       = [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 26th Middlesex district|26th Middlesex]]
| term_start5         = January 3, 1973
| term_end5           = January 3, 1975
| predecessor5        = [[William R. Callahan (state representative)|William Callahan]]
| successor5          = Richard McGrath
| constituency5       = [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Middlesex district|16th Middlesex]]
| birth_name          = Edward John Markey
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1946|7|11}}
| birth_place         = [[Malden, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Susan Blumenthal]]|1988}}
| education           = [[Boston College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| signature           = Sen. Ed Markey signature.png
| website             = {{url|markey.senate.gov|Senate website}}
| allegiance          = United States
| branch              = {{tree list}}
* [[United States Army]]
** [[United States Army Reserve|Army Reserve]]
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| serviceyears        = 1968–1973
| rank                = [[Specialist (rank)#Specialist (1955–present)|Specialist 4]]
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'''Edward John Markey''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɑr|k|i}} {{respell|MAR|kee}}; born July 11, 1946) is an American politician serving as the [[Seniority in the United States Senate|junior]] [[United States Senate|United States senator]] from the state of [[Massachusetts]], a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he served 20 terms (18 full, two partial) as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|MA|7}} from 1976 to 2013. Before his congressional career, he was a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] from 1973 to 1976. When [[Ted Kennedy]] died in 2009, Markey became the dean of [[United States congressional delegations from Massachusetts|Massachusetts's congressional delegation]].

In 2013, after [[John Kerry]] was appointed [[United States Secretary of State]], Markey was elected to serve out the remainder of Kerry's Senate term in a [[2013 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts|2013 special election]]. Markey defeated [[Stephen Lynch (politician)|Stephen Lynch]] in the Democratic primary and [[Republican party (United States)|Republican]] Gabriel E. Gomez in the [[2013 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts|general election]]. He was elected to a full term in the Senate in [[2014 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|2014]]. Markey fended off a primary challenge from [[Joe Kennedy III|Joseph Kennedy III]] and was [[2020 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|reelected in 2020]] by a wide margin.

Markey is a [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] who has focused on [[climate change]] and [[energy policy of the United States|energy policy]] and was chair of the [[United States House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming|House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming]] from 2007 to 2011. He is the Senate author of the [[Green New Deal]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/02/07/691997301/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-releases-green-new-deal-outline|title=Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Releases Green New Deal Outline|author=Kurtzleben, Danielle|work=NPR|date=February 7, 2019|access-date=September 21, 2020}}</ref> He is now the longest-serving Democrat in Congress, having served since 1976. His progressive policies have led to widespread support among young voters.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sommer |first1=Liz |title=Gen Zers stan Ed Markey. Here Are The Memes To Prove It. |url=https://stayhipp.com/internet/memes/gen-zers-stan-ed-markey-here-are-the-memes-to-prove-it/ |website=Stay Hipp.|date=August 25, 2020 }}</ref> ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'' has called him "an icon to [[Generation Z|Gen Z]] activists".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Birenbaum |first1=Gabby |title=Inside Ed Markey's unlikely emergence as an icon to Gen Z activists |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/513131-inside-ed-markeys-unlikely-emergence-as-an-icon-to-gen-z-activists/ |website=The Hill|date=August 22, 2020 }}</ref>
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