|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Edward M. Kennedy Jr. will not run for Senate
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Race
|
| Contributor | TX DEM |
| Last Edited | TX DEM Dec 24, 2012 10:58am |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | News |
| News Date | Monday, December 24, 2012 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Edward M. Kennedy Jr. will not run for US Senate in Massachusetts, according to a source familiar with Kennedy’s decision.
Kennedy decided against a run for three reasons, the source said. He does not want to uproot his family; he doesn’t feel right about moving from Connecticut to Massachusetts to run; and officials in Connecticut have urged him to stay there and run there eventually.
The person familiar with his decision said that the 51-year-old Kennedy was in no way ruling out a future run for public office. In fact, he hopes to run for office in Connecticut someday, the source said.
Kennedy, president of a financial firm and a leading advocate for disability rights, is the son of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate who served for more than four decades before dying in 2009.
Edward M. Kennedy Jr.’s name had been mentioned as a possible candidate in the special election that will be held if US Senator John F. Kerry is confirmed as secretary of state.
Kennedy had been approached by leading Democrats and was giving serious consideration to a run, according to his brother, former US representative Patrick Kennedy, the Globe reported in Sunday’s editions. |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
