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RFK's son won't run for Illinois' U.S. Senate seat
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| News Date | Tuesday, August 18, 2009 08:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | RFK's son won't run for Illinois' U.S. Senate seat
THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER
Posted Aug 18, 2009 @ 02:21 PM
CHICAGO - Chicago businessman Chris Kennedy will not run for Illinois' open seat in the U.S. Senate.
Kennedy, son of late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew to the late President John F. Kennedy, announced his decision in a letter to supporters.
"In the end, I did not want to have to leave the state in order to serve it," he wrote. "They say love conquers all, and in my case, it conquered ambition. I realize that I would rather be a good husband and a good father than a good Washington politician."
Kennedy, who would have run as Democrat, will continue as president of Merchandise Mart Properties in Chicago.
The seat Kennedy was interested in is now held by U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, who has announced he will not seek re-election.
Other Democrats who have expressed interest in the seat are Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias and Chicago Urban League president Cheryle Jackson.
Names that have emerged on the Republican side include U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, retired Judge Don Lowery; entrepreneur Eric Wallace; former Harvey Ald. John Arrington and businessman Robert Zadek.
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