Sanata Ed Markey, mai shekaru 80, ya yi nasara a zaɓen fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democratic Party a jihar Massachusetts, inda ya kayar da ɗan majalisar wakilai Seth Moulton, mai shekaru 47. Wannan nasarar ta ba Markey damar sake neman kujerarsa ta Sanata a babban zaɓen da za a gudanar a watan Nuwamba.
Babban abin da zaɓen ya nuna shi ne cewa ƙoƙarin kawo sabbin shugabanni matasa bai yi nasara a Massachusetts ba. Markey ya kayar da Moulton, yayin da wasu tsofaffin 'yan majalisar wakilai, Stephen Lynch da Richard Neal, su ma suka kayar da matasa masu ƙalubalantar su.
Moulton ya gudanar da kamfen ɗinsa ne a kan buƙatar sauyin zamani a shugabancin siyasa, yana mai cewa lokaci ya yi da sabbin ƙarni za su karɓi ragamar jagoranci. Amma Markey ya nuna cewa shekaru ba su hana shi samun goyon bayan masu zaɓe ba. Ya samu goyon bayan manyan 'yan Democrat masu ra'ayin ci gaba, ciki har da Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez da Elizabeth Warren.
Markey ya kuma samu nasara ne saboda ya tsaya sosai kan manufofin Democrat masu ra'ayin ci gaba, ciki har da faɗaɗa tsarin kiwon lafiya, yaƙi da sauyin yanayi da kare haƙƙin al'ummar transgender. Wannan ya taimaka masa wajen samun goyon bayan matasa da ƙungiyoyin masu ra'ayin ci gaba, duk da cewa shi ne babban ɗan takarar da ya fi shekaru a zaɓen.
A gefe guda, sakamakon ya nuna cewa Massachusetts ta bambanta da wasu jihohin Amurka inda matasa 'yan Democrat suka samu nasarar kayar da tsofaffin 'yan siyasa. A Massachusetts, duk manyan ƙalubalen da aka yi wa tsofaffin 'yan majalisa sun gaza. Wannan na iya nuna cewa masu zaɓe a jihar sun fi ba da muhimmanci ga ƙwarewa da tarihin ɗan takara fiye da shekarunsa.
A babban zaɓen watan Nuwamba, Markey zai fafata da ɗan takarar Republican John Deaton. Amma saboda Massachusetts jiha ce da Democrat suka fi samun ƙarfi sosai, ana ganin Markey yana da babbar dama ta riƙe kujerarsa a Majalisar Dattawan Amurka.