A state senator’s victory in the Republican primary for the special election to fill the late Edward M. Kennedy’s Senate seat gives the Massachusetts GOP something it’s sorely missed: a place in the political spotlight.

Since Mitt Romney left the Statehouse to pursue his 2008 presidential campaign, and his one-time running mate Kerry Healey failed to hold the governor’s office after 16 years of GOP control, the Massachusetts Republican Party has further atrophied.

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