Governor Seeks To Tap Temporary Replacement For Kennedy

Posted by Staff on August 31, 2009 |

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) announced Monday that while there will be a special election in mid January for recently deceased Sen. Edward Kennedy’s (D-Mass.) vacant seat, he will urge his state’s legislature to take action that would allow Patrick to appoint an interim replacement.

Under former Governor Mitt Romney’s (R) tenure in 2004, the left leaning state legislature voted against allowing the Republican Governor to name an interim successor in the case of a Senate vacancy. Patrick acknowledged the legislature’s political move, but noted that it was before his term and that he did not know all of the details behind it.

Kennedy, who died last week following a lengthy bout with brain cancer, had two years left in his term.

Patrick did not say Monday who he intended to appoint.

August 31, 2009
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