Joseph Kennedy III
Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass) won the Massachusetts U.S. House seat vacated by Democrat Barney Frank, defeating Republican Sean Bielat. Kennedy III is the grandson of Ethel Kennedy and RFK , John F. Kennedy’s brother, a former U.S. Senator and U.S. Attorney General, who was assassinated during a primary Presidential bid in 1968. The IIIrd is the son of Joseph P. Kennedy II, also a former Democrat U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, and the nephew of Teddy Kennedy. The House and Senate has been void of a Kennedy family member since Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) resigned his seat in 2011. Source: TodaysHTVÂ Photo Credit: The Economist
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This is due to the Kennedy name not for any reason or ability. Joe Kennedy III will has a job for life now. Nothing will ever unseat him.
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This kind of nepotism isn’t healthy. You’re slowly getting to the stage of having hereditary congressional seats. I hope the trend reverses.
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