Ted Kennedy Senate Seat

Massachusetts Senate Primary: The Democratic, Republican Contenders To Replace Ted Kennedy

Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics


(AP/Huffington Post) -- Massachusetts voters on Tuesday began the process of selecting a replacement for the man who represented them in the U.S. Sena...

I'm for Khazei

Maxwell Kennedy | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


Maxwell Kennedy

I do not know whom Senator Kennedy would have liked to have his seat. But I know that no one will work harder to fight for the values that I grew up with than Alan Khazei.

Breaking the Gender-Merit Link

Nancy Hopkins | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Nancy Hopkins

When someone suggests gender diversity as an asset of a job candidate, the reply is often "Oh no, I'm only interested in merit." Yet name some other quality needed for the position, and the idea of merit is assumed, not questioned.

Ted Kennedy Jr: I May Run For Office One Day

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Ted Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he's thought about following in his late father's footsteps and running for political office, ...

Joseph Kennedy Nixes Senate Campaign

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


BOSTON — Former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, the eldest son of Robert F. Kennedy, announced Monday he would not run for the U.S. Senate seat held ...

Joe Kennedy's Chavez Connection May Be A Liability In Race For Uncle's Seat

The Boston Globe | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


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Malice, Blowback, and the "Yeah, So?" Gambit

Eric Lurio | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


Eric Lurio

Kennedy's last public act before he died was to write the Massachusetts Democratic leadership and plead for the law that forbids a governor from appointing a senator's successor, be changed.

Kennedy Successor To Be Chosen By Special Election

AP | STEVE LeBLANC | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


BOSTON — For the first time in nearly half a century, Massachusetts voters will be handed ballots for the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Edward K...

Kennedy's Replacement, AP Asks Who Will Be Primed

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — People in Massachusetts suddenly are thinking the unthinkable: Who possibly could succeed Sen. Edward Kennedy, patriarch of the fam...