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Kennedy friend Kirk named interim senator

Source: United Press International

Boston : MA : USA | 2 months ago

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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick Thursday named Democrat Paul G...Sen. Edward Kennedy's seat on an interim basis. "He is a distinguished lawyer, volunteer and citizen, and he shares the sense of service that so distinguished Senator Ted Kennedy," Patrick said...

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Kennedy's Senate replacement is also will executor

News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 2 months ago

The man who was appointed to temporarily replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy has also been named the executor of his will. Kennedy named his longtime friend Paul Kirk as executor in a four-page will filed Thursday in Barnstable Probate Court...A...
Paul Kirk, Massachusetts' Interim U.S. Senator, Intimately Tied to Business,...

News Source: OpenSecrets.org | 2 months ago

Senator, Intimately Tied to Business, Lobbying and Democrats The U.S. Senate vacancy created by the death of liberal lion Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) is prompting another trip through the revolving door of political influence for longtime Kennedy ally...
Poor old Dukakis | Michael Tomasky

News Source: The Guardian | 2 months ago

Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick named Paul Kirk to fill the Kennedy seat ...Well: Kirk was a longtime senior aide to Kennedy and served as chairman of the national Democratic Party in the late 1980s. Two Kennedy family associates told CNN on...
Senate replacement for Kennedy

News Source: News 24 | 2 months ago

The governor of the northeastern state of Massachusetts on Thursday named Democrat Paul Kirk as an interim replacement to fill the late Edward Kennedy's Senate seat. "This appointment is a profound honour," said Kirk, a former chairperson of the...
Paul Kirk named as interim Senate replacement for Ted Kennedy

News Source: Los Angeles Times | 2 months ago

The governor of Massachusetts today named Paul Kirk Jr., a former Democratic National Committee chairman and close friend and former aide of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, to serve as a temporary replacement for the deceased senator until a special...
Former DNC Head Kirk to Succeed Ted Kennedy

News Source: Fox News | 2 months ago

Massachusetts Governor Names Former DNC Head Kirk to Succeed Kennedy The governor's appointee will serve until a special election is held Jan. 19, and will give President Obama the critical 60th U.S. Thursday, September 24, 2009 Massachusetts Gov.