Bobby Kennedy's Grandson Goes to Congress, Succeeding Barney Frank
NEWTON — Democrat Joseph P. Kennedy III won a decisive victory tonight over Republican Sean Bielat, in the race to fill the open Congressional seat left vacant by the retirement of US Representative Barney Frank.
With 42 percent of the vote counted, Kennedy, the 32-year-old son of former US Representative Joseph Kennedy II and grandson of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy, led with 64 percent of the vote in the redrawn 4th Congressional District, which extends from Newton to Fall River.
“This is an incredible moment for me, and I can’t think of anyone I’d rather share it with than you,” Kennedy said. “I’m humbled, I’m grateful and I’m ready to get to work,” Kennedy said.
He also expressed well wishes to Bielat, who has 34 percent of the vote.
Cheers went up and people in the crowd hoisted Kennedy signs in the ballroom at the Newton Marriott where the campaign party is being held. But the crowd remained huddled around the television watching presidential results.
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gosh he looks like his grandfather Bobby.
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