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[John] Kerry's brother [Cameron] mulls a run [MA SOS]
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| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Jul 27, 2005 08:20am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Boston Globe |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Cameron F. Kerry, the younger brother and a close political adviser to US Senator John F. Kerry, said yesterday he is laying the groundwork to run for the 2006 Democratic nomination for secretary of state.
Kerry, a Boston lawyer who has operated in his sibling's shadow for more than three decades, said he met with Secretary of State William F. Galvin yesterday to inform him of his decision to run for the office, but assured him it was dependent on Galvin's vacating the post to run for the Democratic nomination for governor.
Galvin, who is serving his third term, has said he is seriously considering the gubernatorial race. He is expected to make a decision by early fall. He declined to comment on his meeting with Kerry.
In an interview with the Globe, Kerry said he is establishing an official political account to collect donations and has assembled several of his brother's top presidential campaign fund-raisers in New England to help him raise a campaign war chest. He said he plans to begin traveling around the state to meet Democratic activists and other potential supporters.
''I need to get a head start to level the playing field," the 54-year-old Kerry said, pointing out that, if he runs, he will be competing against political office holders who have the resources to hit the ground running if Galvin decides to leave his position.
''I am not an incumbent with a war chest built up over the years," he said. ''I don't have a base that I have been running from for years. I want to be ready."
A decision by Galvin to leave the office he has held since 1994 would set up a scramble for his job, considered by ambitious lower office holders as a plum job in its own right and a potential steppingstone for the governorship or US Senate. Among those most often mentioned by political strategists are state Senator Mark C. Montigny, a Democrat from New Bedford who has $867,000 in political funds. Another is state Representative Peter Koutoujian, Democrat of Walth |
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