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Third-party ads nixed by Brown, Warren

By Glen Johnson

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 23, 2012

Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren today signed a novel ban on third-party ads in their hotly contested US Senate race after posturing between both sides over the agreement. “This is a great victory for the people of Massachusetts,” Brown said in a statement. He is battling to retain the seat he won in a January 2010 special election to replace the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, while Warren is expected to emerge from a group of lesser-known Democrats.

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