Scott Brown: Bostonian of the Year 2010

Yoon S. Byun, Globe staff
Bostonian of the year The Life of the party: Scott Brown
Jan. 11, 2010
In a January debate, Republican Scott Brown (left) sparred with Attorney General Martha Coakley (center) and Independent Joseph L. Kennedy. Brown stunned Coakley, the anointed but flat-footed Democrat, and the nation in the special election to win what he referred to as "the people's seat'' but which everybody else continued to call "the Kennedy seat.''