Politics & Government
Joseph Kennedy III Eyeing Fourth District Seat
Kennedy announced today he is starting an exploratory committee for the seat.
Just over a month after, Joseph P. Kennedy III has added his name to the list of potential candidates.
The Huffington Post reports today that Kennedy has launched an exploratory committee for the Fourth District seat.
Kennedy, 31, is also leaving his job as a prosecutor with the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office. Middlesex County Gerry Leone confirmed Kennedy's decision in a statement released this morning.
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"I respect and admire Joe’s desire to serve the citizens of the Fourth Congressional District and I am confident that, if the people choose him, he will serve them with the same commitment and distinction that he has served the citizens of Middlesex County," Leone said in the statement.
Kennedy is the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy and the son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy II, who represented the Eighth Congressional District from 1987-1999.
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Along with Kennedy, and have also announced campaigns for the Fourth District seat.
On the Republican side, sent a Tweet yesterday sayinghe plans to make an announcement on Jan. 17 regarding another run for Congress.
Brookline School Committee member and Republican Elizabeth Childs has already announced she will run for the seat.
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