FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 16, 2026 Press Contact: Vincent Errichetti (617) 922-1824 Press@johndeatonforsenate.com BOSTON, Mass. — U.S. Senate candidate John Deaton issued the following statement after U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) voted against passage of the Stop Insider Trading Act: "There are two reasons Ed Markey voted against this bill: It didn't ban President Trump from owning stocks, and it required voter ID. Both are poor excuses. Nothing prevents future bills from banning the president and family members from owning stocks, a measure I support too. And the voter ID rider is a common-sense requirement implemented by some of the most progressive countries in the world. Ed Markey's far-left base would crucify him for voting in favor of something so inside the mainstream of American opinion," said Deaton . ###

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 16, 2026 Press Contact: Vincent Errichetti (617) 922-1824 Press@johndeatonforsenate.com BOSTON, Mass. — U.S. Senate candidate John Deaton issued the following statement after U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) voted against passage of the Stop Insider Trading Act: "There are two reasons Ed Markey voted against this bill: It didn't ban President Trump from owning stocks, and it required voter ID. Both are poor excuses. Nothing prevents future bills from banning the president and family members from owning stocks, a measure I support too. And the voter ID rider is a common-sense requirement implemented by some of the most progressive countries in the world. Ed Markey's far-left base would crucify him for voting in favor of something so inside the mainstream of American opinion," said Deaton . ###

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2026 Press Contact: Vincent Errichetti (617) 922-1824 Press@johndeatonforsenate.com U.S. Air Force Maj. John "Alex" Klinner died in an aircraft crash in Iraq in March, supporting the United States' military operation against Iran. BOLTON, MA -- John Deaton, candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, responded to intervention by Vice President J.D. Vance after Libby Klinner, the widow of Major John “Alex” Klinner, took to social media to reveal that the military had denied her the benefits of a husband killed in active duty combat, arguing that the current military operation in Iran does not constitute a formal war. "I was heartened to hear that Mrs. Klinner will hopefully receive the benefits she is entitled to, but my concern remains for the many other spouses whose partners are deployed in a protracted Middle East engagement with no congressional approval or end in sight," said Deaton. "The Senate must reestablish itself as an co-equal branch of government. That means supporting passage of a War Powers resolution or placing judicial limits on this unconstitutional military action. "In 2011, the Senate declined to rebuke the Obama administration for a seven-month engagement in Libya. We are on the precipice of establishing another dangerous precedent that pushes the power to declare war away from lawmakers and to the executive branch with no constraints or consequences." BACKGROUND: On Thursday, Vice President Vance said he would seek a briefing on the circumstances of Libby Klinner, who garnered international media attention, and promised the widow of Major John "Alex" Klinner, a Trussville Air Force major killed during Operation Epic Fury will receive the benefits she is entitled to. ( ABC 33/40 , 9/3/26) ###

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2026 Press Contact: Vincent Errichetti (617) 922-1824 Press@johndeatonforsenate.com BOSTON — Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidate John Deaton has released the first in a series of op-eds for the final month of the campaign. Titled "People Over Politics," Deaton -- a Marine, cancer survivor, and lawyer for working Americans -- expands on his argument that Senator Ed Markey has nothing left to add after 53 years in office except status quo Washington politics. Deaton highlights his biography as a survivor of childhood poverty and sexual abuse before underscoring his promise to serve just two six-year terms. Markey has labeled Deaton a "MAGA Republican" despite Deaton never having voted for the president, a sign that the 80-year-old incumbent -- who on Monday backed out of a second debate -- has no record to run on. Deaton: People Over Politics MASS DAILY NEWS By John Deaton 9/29/26 Sen. Ed Markey just survived another primary. He treated it like the end of the story. It isn't. Massachusetts still has a choice in November. I am that choice. I'm not asking anyone to become a Republican. I'm asking voters to send someone to Washington who has lived the life career politicians talk about. I'm 59. I was born into poverty and wrote about it in my Memoir, Food Stamp Warrior, because I refuse to hide where I came from. Brass knuckles. A mother stabbed in a robbery. Childhood sexual abuse. The Marines. Law school in Boston. Addiction, and mistakes I made as an adult. Before I ever touched cryptocurrency, I spent years representing asbestos victims against some of the biggest corporations in America. All of it is public. I would rather voters know the whole record than pretend I arrived here polished. Ed Markey is counting on voters never learning any of that. Instead of debating my ideas, he has spent this campaign calling me a "Trump sycophant" and a "MAGA Republican." He knows it isn't true. I have never voted for Donald Trump. I said so in 2024 when I ran against Elizabeth Warren, and I say it now. But Sen. Markey isn't interested in the truth. He's interested in a label, one that gives voters permission to stop listening before I've said a word. It's the oldest trick in politics: if you can't beat a man's ideas, make sure no one hears them. That tactic only works if voters stay home from the conversation, and that's exactly what Sen. Markey is hoping for. In June, he was invited to debate Seth Moulton and me on the same stage. He didn't show up. Only as primary day approached did he find the time, debating Moulton three times before the election. Now that he's facing voters of every party and none at all, he has, so far, only agreed to one general election debate. The pattern tells you everything. He shows up when he's scared. He disappears when he thinks he's safe. And he clearly thinks he's safe. Rather than campaigning across Massachusetts, the senator has been out of state stumping for other candidates. He's so sure of your vote that he's spending his time earning someone else's. After fifty years in Congress, that's what being taken for granted looks like. Massachusetts deserves better. Sixty-seven percent of voters here are unenrolled. They're tired of both parties treating them like a cheering section, and they're tired of being told how to vote by people who won't even come ask for it. So I'll keep doing what I've done from the start: holding People Over Politics town halls in every corner of this state, and challenging Sen. Markey to a full slate of debates before November 3. If he could take the stage multiple times in the middle of a pandemic to save his seat, he can take it again now to earn it. Here's what I'd bring to that stage. The first bill I'll file is my Clean Hands Act. It caps House service at three two-year terms and Senate service at two six-year terms. It bans members of Congress from trading stocks, crypto, and commodities. It imposes a lifetime lobbying ban after they leave. And if Congress fails to pass a budget, members don't get paid. Those aren't Republican ideas or Democratic ideas. They're accountability ideas. Career politicians have turned Congress into a retirement plan. Sen. Markey is 80 and says this will be his last term. Fine. Then let's make the rule apply to everyone, not just the man who has already been there half a century. Massachusetts doesn't need another six years of the same speech. It needs a senator who treats immigration like a problem to solve, health care like a bill families actually pay, and Washington like a job you can lose if you stop doing it. I'm not asking you to like my party. I'm asking you to look past the label Ed Markey wants you to see and judge me on what I've done and what I'll do. Put people over politics. That's the only test that matters.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2026 Press Contact: Vincent Errichetti (617) 922-1824 Press@johndeatonforsenate.com CHEVY CHASE, MD — A mobile billboard truck paid for by John Deaton, candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, arrived in front of Senator Ed Markey's (D-MA) year-round residence in Chevy Chase, Maryland this morning, challenging the 80-year-old incumbent to explain why he unexpectedly backed out of a second debate on Monday. The truck, which later spent Wednesday circling the Dirksen Office Building where Markey keeps his official Senate office, carried a message from Deaton and called for Markey to "back out of the U.S. Senate" if he can't be bothered to sufficiently defend his record in the general election. Markey debated his primary opponent, Congressman Seth Moulton, three times on live TV. “Senator Markey takes your vote for granted, which is why he lives outside of Massachusetts and refuses to debate John Deaton – because he knows his pull-string talking points on affordability fall flat,” said Deaton campaign manager Mark Steffen. “We’ll be sending him a message straight from John as long as it takes to get him to respect the voters and stop acting like a king.” BACKGROUND: Markey has been challenged to explain his residency going back decades. In 2020, the Boston Globe detailed Markey's travel records and his refusal to release a utility bill from his childhood home in Malden where he claims to live. ( Boston Globe , 7/27/20) More recently, Markey appeared out of state stumping for Democratic candidates for Senate. ( Off the Press , 9/17/2026) On Monday, Markey backed out of a planned debate with WCVB, leaving just one debate in Boston and no debates in Western Massachusetts despite offers from multiple stations. ( New Boston Post , 9/29/26)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2026 Press Contact: Vincent Errichetti (617) 922-1824 Press@johndeatonforsenate.com In two new interviews, John Deaton says he would break up insurance and pharmaceutical companies to bring down costs for consumers. BOSTON - Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Deaton today contrasted his agenda with Sen. Ed Markey's half-century in Washington, saying Massachusetts families need results on health care and immigration, not recycled talking points. Deaton said he would work to break up vertically integrated insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, increase competition and transparency, and drive down health-care costs. On immigration, he said he would pursue real reform with a workable path forward rather than slogans that go nowhere. Deaton reiterated these points on On the Record on WCVB TV-5 and @Issue Sitdown with Matt Prichard on NBC 10 Boston. Interviews linked below. "Unlike Markey's 50-year record, I'm running on solutions, not slogans," Deaton said. "People in this state are paying too much for care and getting too little from Washington. That doesn't change because you put a slogan on a sign." "I'll take on the middlemen who inflate prices, open the books, and fight for a system that actually works for patients," Deaton said. "And I'll treat immigration like a problem to solve, not a line for a rally. Massachusetts deserves someone who will do the work, not someone who has spent 50 years practicing the same speech." ###

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2026 Press Contact: Vincent Errichetti (617) 922-1824 Press@johndeatonforsenate.com West ern Massachusetts deserves a debate in its own backyard, not another cycle of being ignored SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Republican U.S. Senate nominee John Deaton today accepted the debate invitation from 22News in Springfield and announced he has agreed to all four televised general-election debate requests from Massachusetts stations: WWLP-22News (Springfield / Western Massachusetts) Boston 25 WCVB TV-5 October 14th WBZ TV-4 October 13th “Yes. All four. Immediately,” Deaton said. “Every one of these invitations should be honored, especially Western Massachusetts. If Senator Markey wants to pick Boston stages and skip Springfield, that is his choice. It will not be mine.” Four issues for Western Mass that can’t be ignored The $2 billion Springfield courthouse scandal: a $2 billion state contract awarded amid conflict-of-interest allegations and Boston political connections. The cyberattack on Springfield Public Schools: schools shut down, nurses locked out of student medical records, more than 23,000 students sent home. The LaMar Cook scandal: Gov. Healey’s former Western Mass aide arrested after authorities said 18 pounds of cocaine were headed to the Springfield state office building where he worked. Data center proposals in Holyoke and Westfield: power bills, water, land use, and who pays, decided too often after Boston has already moved on. Canadian hydropower and the region’s energy future. NECEC is sending about a fifth of Massachusetts’s power from Hydro-Québec through Western Mass, with uneven flows and reliability still unresolved. Western Mass sits at the center of the energy transition and eats the costs and the risk while Boston takes the credit for “clean energy.” We need all-of-the-above: hydro, solar, wind, nuclear, and real grid investment, and a senator who will fight for the Valley on it, not fly in for the ribbon-cutting. Deaton said incumbent politicians treat the Valley as an afterthought every election cycle, campaigning on Beacon Hill and in Boston studios while assuming Pioneer Valley families will catch whatever spills over from eastern media. “People in Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, Pittsfield, and across the Valley often cannot even tune in to Boston television the way Boston takes for granted,” Deaton said. “They don’t get the coverage. They don’t get the candidate in their backyard. They feel ignored because they are ignored.” “A Senate debate in Western Massachusetts is the minimum,” Deaton said. “It is not optional. Show up in Springfield and answer for it.” The Deaton campaign is appreciative of the 22News team for also offering a separate press room so any member of the press from across the Commonwealth can watch the debate and interview the candidates immediately following the event. ###

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 7, 2026 Press Contact: Vincent Errichetti (617) 922-1824 Press@johndeatonforsenate.com  IF HE COULD DO IT SEVEN TIMES IN A PANDEMIC, HE CAN DO IT NOW! BOSTON — John Deaton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, today called on Sen. Ed Markey to stop hiding from Massachusetts voters and agree to a full slate of general-election debates. In 2020, during COVID, Markey debated Joe Kennedy seven times. There is no excuse now. “If Ed Markey could stand on a debate stage seven times in the middle of a pandemic, he can stand on one now,” Deaton said. “Massachusetts families are paying some of the highest electric bills in the country. Young people raised here can’t stay here. After 53 years, he should have to answer for that record in public; not from Maryland. On the night of the Massachusetts Primary, while appearing on NightSide with Dan Rea on WBZ News Radio1030, the host asked, "I assume that if Ed Markey would be willing to engage in a debate here on NightSide you would be more than happy to take up that challenge?" And Deaton replied, "Absolutely! I would welcome it!" He continued, "I know that four media outlets, now yours would be the fifth, have inquired about debates, and I have accepted all of them." Deaton, a Marine veteran and small-business owner who raised three daughters paycheck to paycheck, said the contrast is simple: lived experience versus a career in the same seat. “I grew up in one of America’s toughest neighborhoods. I never quit. I built a business and a family the hard way,” Deaton said. “Markey has had 53 years. Tenure without results is just tenure. Let’s debate energy. Let’s debate housing. Let’s debate the cost of staying in Massachusetts. If he’s proud of his record, he should defend it." Deaton has already shown up. Markey declined the June WBZ debate that Deaton attended. Deaton is prepared to debate Markey anywhere in the Commonwealth, as many times as voters deserve, before November. ###

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 7, 2026 Press Contact: Vincent Errichetti (617) 922-1824 Press@johndeatonforsenate.com IF HE COULD DO IT SEVEN TIMES IN A PANDEMIC, HE CAN DO IT NOW! BOSTON — John Deaton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, today called on Sen. Ed Markey to stop hiding from Massachusetts voters and agree to a full slate of general-election debates. In 2020, during COVID, Markey debated Joe Kennedy seven times. There is no excuse now. “If Ed Markey could stand on a debate stage seven times in the middle of a pandemic, he can stand on one now,” Deaton said. “Massachusetts families are paying some of the highest electric bills in the country. Young people raised here can’t stay here. After 53 years, he should have to answer for that record in public; not from Maryland. On the night of the Massachusetts Primary, while appearing on NightSide with Dan Rea on WBZ News Radio1030, the host asked, "I assume that if Ed Markey would be willing to engage in a debate here on NightSide you would be more than happy to take up that challenge?" And Deaton replied, "Absolutely! I would welcome it!" He continued, "I know that four media outlets, now yours would be the fifth, have inquired about debates, and I have accepted all of them." Deaton, a Marine veteran and small-business owner who raised three daughters paycheck to paycheck, said the contrast is simple: lived experience versus a career in the same seat. “I grew up in one of America’s toughest neighborhoods. I never quit. I built a business and a family the hard way,” Deaton said. “Markey has had 53 years. Tenure without results is just tenure. Let’s debate energy. Let’s debate housing. Let’s debate the cost of staying in Massachusetts. If he’s proud of his record, he should defend it." Deaton has already shown up. Markey declined the June WBZ debate that Deaton attended. Deaton is prepared to debate Markey anywhere in the Commonwealth, as many times as voters deserve, before November. ###