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...Massachusetts Senate approved a bill yesterday to authorize Patrick to appoint an interim Senator until a permanent successor can be chosen by special election. In what was seen as an effort to bolster Democratic efforts to pass a health-care reform package, Kennedy requested in the weeks before his death that the state legislature act to amend the law to allow for an interim successor to be put in place immediately after his death...
...Boston Globe reported yesterday that Kennedy’s widow, Victoria Kennedy, and his two sons, U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy Jr., have informed Patrick that Kirk, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is their first choice...
...Patrick is expected to announce his decision sometime today or tomorrow, according to media reports, but the decision seems to still be pending. The Governor’s office issued a statement yesterday denying that a successor has been chosen...
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...
...shares the sense of service that so distinguished Senator Kennedy,” Patrick said yesterday during a news conference in Boston. “The interests of the commonwealth have never been more vital or at stake in the Congress today...