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Sinema said she is encouraging Kennedy to become a Senate candidate for the 2020 race. The moderate Democrat worked with Kennedy as a House representative.
Joe Kennedy is an outstanding champion for his state. I worked closely with him in the U.S. House where he has relentlessly tackled challenges facing Americas everyday families," Sinema said in a statement provided to The Hill. "Hes a fresh thinker who can bring people together to get things done. He will make a terrific U.S. Senator and I couldnt be more proud to support my friend.
Politico was first to report the support.
If Kennedy, who is considering a Senate bid were to run, he'd go up against Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in the primary.
A Suffolk University/Boston Globe survey found Kennedy leading Markey in a theoretical head-to-head.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/461031-sinema-says-she-would-back-kennedy-in-race-against-markey
bdamomma
(63,652 posts)but it would be nice to have a Kennedy in there again.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)is NOT a Kennedy.
mopinko
(69,804 posts)this would be a good time for one of our elder statesmen to be graceful, and acknowledge the need to let the next gen in on the game.
we could generate a lot more interest in the senate races if there was a bit of a changing of the guard. this is how the bench grows.
we can see from the pres field what a deep bench the party has.
but it requires at least a little oxygen.
go out on top, ed.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)against Ed Markey.