Mostly cloudy skies with a round of snow showers during the afternoon and evening hours is being forecasted for tomorrow's special election in Massachusetts to fill a vacant U.S. Senate seat, according to Boston's NBC affiliate, WHDH. Some analysts have suggested that a poor voter turnout tomorrow may lock-in Republican State Senator Scott Brown to replace U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who succumbed to brain cancer in late August.
1 to 2 inches of snow could fall, with temperatures in the mid 30s expected. This morning, heavy rains lashed southeast Massachusetts and wet snow accumulated north of Boston. Winds gusted up to 60 miles per hour in some locations and delayed arriving flights at Logan Airport.
Brown has been locked in a contentious nail-biter with Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley. Coakley, who has enjoyed statewide prominence and popularity, had been up by roughly 30 percentage points over Brown when she emerged from the Democratic primary just weeks ago. But her failure to connect with Massachusetts voters face-to-face, coupled with Brown's breakneck campaign style, obliterated what was once a "shoo-in" for the attorney general.
Now, various polling shows Brown leading by as much as 10 percentage points. Closer estimates have the two candidates in a dead heat entering tomorrow's election.
Coakley spent the weekend campaigning with former President Bill Clinton on Friday and at a Northeastern University rally with President Barack Obama on Sunday.
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