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Fri Mar 22, 2013, 11:29 AM Mar 2013

Markey to CA billionaire threatening to unleash negative ads on repub candidate: Stay out of MA

U.S. Rep. Edward Markey is asking a California billionaire to stay out of the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts.

Markey said in a statement Friday that Thomas Steyer should immediately withdraw his threat to unleash negative attacks against Markey’s Democratic rival, U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, unless Lynch denounces the Keystone XL Pipeline by ‘‘high noon.’’

Steyer and other critics of the proposed pipeline from western Canada to Texas say it will carry ‘‘dirty oil’’ that contributes to global warning. Lynch supports the project, while Markey opposes it.

But Markey says Steyer’s tactics have no place in the campaign and should be ‘‘repudiated.’’

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/03/22/markey-steyer-stay-out-mass-senate-race/NZnTyYaafVGHlCnsHSYrwL/story.html

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