"The Republican Party in this state has reached a new level of desperation," Executive Director Mark White told the Associated Press. "If their best bet now is to Fed-Ex a candidate from Connecticut, they are in real trouble."
Now entering his fourth decade in the U.S. Senate, Kennedy welcomes the chance to discuss issues important to Mass. voters.
"He's looking forward to the upcoming campaign," Keyser said.
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If the Democrats take control of the Senate, and Kennedy is reelected to a seventh term in the Senate, he will become chair of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.