The Kennedys would like their Senate seat back, but Markey isn’t yielding
by Susan Ferrechio
| August 28, 2019 02:37 PM
The Kennedy family had controlled a Massachusetts seat in the U.S. Senate for more than five decades, and now they’d like it back.
But incumbent Ed Markey isn’t planning to let them have it.
Markey, 73, is running for his second term in the Senate and is lining up a list of key supporters in the Bay State ahead of a potential primary challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy III, a grandson of the late Robert F. Kennedy and a fellow Democrat.
Markey this week released a list of 116 current state lawmakers who are backing his reelection, including Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Robert DeLeo.
“I am humbled to have the support of so many friends and colleagues across Massachusetts for reelection, and I pledge to fight for them and all communities in the Commonwealth every day,†Markey, who has held the seat since 2013, said in a statement.
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