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Mass. Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 announced yesterday that Paul G. Kirk Jr. ’60, a former aide to Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, will fill the late U.S. senator’s seat until a special election is held in January...
Kirk was rumored to be the favored candidate, with the Boston Globe reporting Wednesday that Kennedy’s widow, Victoria Kennedy, and his two sons, U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy Jr., had informed the governor that Kirk—a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee—was their first choice...
...addition to Kirk, names that had been circulated in the press included former Mass. Governor and 1988 presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, former Mass. Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Murphy, and Harvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree Jr...
...people could fill the void left by the death of longtime Senator Ted Kennedy, but Paul Kirk Jr. is the one who will try. On Sept. 24, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick tapped Kirk, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Kennedy's death. Thought to be the Kennedy family's pick, Kirk was once an aide to the Democratic Senator, and currently serves as the chairman of John F. Kennedy's presidential library. "Paul Kirk is a distinguished leader whose long collaboration with Senator Kennedy makes him an excellent interim choice...
Quotes About: "In Paul G. Kirk Jr., the Democrats have found themselves a national chairman better than they know - and maybe better than they deserve. If character and ability count for anything in the world of politics ... the Democratic Party is in good hands." - David Broder, in a 1985 Op-Ed (Washington Post...