Kennedy Urges Massachusetts To Provide For Speedy Senate Appointment Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) has written a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) and state legislative leaders, urging them to change the state’s special-election law to allow a temporary gubernatorial appointment. Kennedy wrote that “it is vital for this commonwealth to have two voices speaking for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election.”
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