Kennedy Family To Endorse Coakley Thursday

By Roll Call Staff

Posted January 6, 2010 at 5:07pm

In a significant if not unexpected development, members of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s (D-Mass.) family will endorse Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) to fill his seat on Thursday.

The Coakley campaign announced in a release that Kennedy’s widow, Vicki, nephew Joe Kennedy, a former Massachusetts congressman, and great nephew Joe Kennedy III will endorse the Democratic nominee tomorrow in an event in Medford, Mass. Interim Senate appointee Paul Kirk, a close associate of Sen. Kennedy and his family, will also throw his support behind Coakley.

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