[Hoot Gibson]

Swing and a miss.

Edward Brooke was a Republican that represented Massachusetts in the US Senate from 1967 to 1978 (actually left office in early January of 1979, to be technically correct).

I stand corrected. I should have said that it is the first time since 1953 that somebody other than a Kennedy or one of their allies have held the seat. Brown even carried Barney Frank's district.