Outgoing U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano says he knew even before his eventual successor Ayanna Pressley challenged him in the September primary that this year’s election was going to be a tough one for him.
But he dismissed the notion that he was targeted by voters hungry for change during a WBUR interview that aired Tuesday.
“It’s not me,” the 7th District Democrat said. “It’s whoever was in office in a place that has progressives. That [has] a lot of young people that don’t have a clue what happened yesterday, never mind five or 10 years ago. I get all that. And that’s fine. That’s not a problem to me.”
The 10-term incumbent garnered 41.4 percent of the vote to Pressley’s 58.6 percent amid an election cycle that catapulted a wave of women, people of color, and Democrats into Congress.
Capuano, reflecting on his loss, said this week that voters are angry and upset with the direction of the country…
