The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. December 9, 2009 Dems, GOP Elect Nominees to Run for Kennedy Seat ------------------------------------------------ And in Massachusetts, state attorney general Martha Coakley has won the Democratic nomination to run for the late Edward Kennedy’s Senate seat. Coakley will square off against the Republican nominee, State Senator Scott Brown, in a special election next month. .