Gomez vs. Markey: Nominees hit the trail

On April 30, Massachusetts voters picked businessman Gabriel E. Gomez, a political newcomer, to run on the Republican ticket and veteran Representative Edward Markey to run on the Democratic ticket in the Massachusetts special election to fill John Kerry’s Senate seat. Click through the gallery for scenes from the US Senate campaign.

On June 18, the US Senate candidates met at WGBH studios for the campaign’s final televised debate moderated by R.D. Sahl.

Ed Markey spoke with potential voters after ordering a sandwich at a the A4 Food Truck, parked on Summer Street in downtown Boston.

Gabriel Gomez shook hands with Stacey Miller as Elle Miller, 7, and Johnny Price, 6, all of Charlestown, looked on before the start of the Bunker Hill 8k Road Race in Charlestown.

Gabriel Gomez and Ed Markey spoke during an event called A Community Conversation with US Senate Candidates at Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center.

President Obama and Ed Markey waved to guests at a public rally at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury. The president flew into Boston on June 12 to support Markey’s campaign.

Gabriel Gomez shook hands with veterans as he visited the Soldiers Home in Chelsea on June 12.

Candidates Gabriel Gomez and Ed Markey met for the second debate of the US Senate campaign in the studios of WGBY in Springfield on June 11.

Ed Markey walked in the annual Boston Pride parade from Copley Square and through the South End to the Boston Common with more than 15,000 marchers on June 8.

Gabriel Gomez walked with former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani to greet potential voters on Boylston Street in Boston on June 6.

Republican Gabriel Gomez, left, shook hands with Democrat Edward Markey before a debate on June 5 in Brighton.

Ed Markey laughed as Caroline Kennedy introduced him to seniors during a campaign event at the Hebrew Senior Life Center Communities of Brookline on June 3.

Michelle Obama campaigned with US Senate hopeful Ed Markey at a fund-raiser at the Taj Boston Hotel on May 29.

Tow truck driver Alonzo Garcia met with Gabriel Gomez at Auto Service and Tire in Mattapan where Gomez was on the campaign trail for the US Senate.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino endorsed Ed Markey for US Senate during a campaign event held at the IBEW Local 103 in Boston.

Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, shook hands with Republican US Senate candidate Gabriel E. Gomez on May 20 during a fund-raiser at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel in Boston.

Representative Ed Markey danced with state Representative Linda Dorcena Forry of Dorchester on May 19 as he campaigned during the Haitian-American Unity Parade in Mattapan.

Gomez shook the hand of Meghan Herlihy, 13, of Hopkinton on May 19 during the Veterans Parade in Wellesley.

Gomez made a campaign stop at the John Adams statue in Quincy on May 16.

Gabriel Gomez joined Elena Barbera for a climb to the top of the Bunker Hill Monument on May 15. Barbera is climbing the 294 steps every day for a month to raise money to support the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick stood behind Markey applauding at a campaign event in Boston on May 8.

On May 7, Gomez picked up the endorsement of his onetime GOP primary rival, former US Attorney Michael Sullivan.

On May 1, one day after winning the Republican primary, Senate nominee Gabriel Gomez spoke to the media at the Broadway MBTA station in South Boston.

Ed Markey, flanked by a who’s who of Massachusetts Democrats, spoke about his US Senate campaign at the Parker House on May 1.

Surrounded by the media, Gomez posed for a photo with a pedestrian at the Broadway MBTA.

Vicki Kennedy (center) and Markey’s Democratic primary opponent and colleague, Representative Stephen Lynch, joined the Democratic nominee at the Parker House.

GOP Senate nominee Gomez glanced at a copy of the Metro while greeting voters following his primary win on April 30, 2013.