The Hill: Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) will be on a bigger political stage but could lose influence at least in the near-term if he wins election to the Senate.
The liberal Democrat, a hero to climate change and green-energy activists, is leading in polls heading into the June 25 special election to replace former Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), now the secretary of State.
A victory would vault Markey from the GOP-controlled House back into the majority, at least for now, and give him a new stage in his...