2007-05-26T12:51:32-07:00 Congressman Marty Meehan recently resigned from Congress to become Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. A special election will be held to fill his seat. The primary is on September 4 - the day after Labor Day - and the general is on October 1. Currently, there are five Democrats running for their party's nomination for the seat. 2007-09-04T09:00:00-07:00 true 4974 Who will win the Democratic Primary in the Massachusetts Fifth Congressional District Special Election? 2008-04-28T09:38:35-07:00 7971 2007-05-26T12:52:45-07:00 10000 20097 Niki Tsongas 10000 7853 2007-09-04T19:14:50-07:00 2000 NTS 2007-05-26T12:53:31-07:00 0 20098 Eileen Donoghue 0 562 2007-09-04T19:18:52-07:00 2000 EDO 2007-05-26T12:54:04-07:00 0 20099 Barry Finegold 0 447 2007-09-04T19:19:26-07:00 2000 BFI 2007-05-26T12:54:45-07:00 0 20100 James Eldridge 0 1134 2007-09-04T19:18:02-07:00 2000 JEL 2007-05-26T12:55:24-07:00 0 20101 James Miceli 0 2 2007-09-04T19:19:58-07:00 2000 JMI