Thursday, February 11, 2010

Patrick Kennedy (D- RI) To Announce He Won't Seek Re-Election; Jersey Barriers in Rhode Island Hardest Hit

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Patrick Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, will not seek re-election in November. A taped message with the announcement from the representative will air on Rhode Island TV stations this upcoming weekend.

Although a member of the House Appropriations Committee, Kennedy's political career was relatively uneventful- save for nearly running over a U.S. Capitol Police officer before crashing his vehicle into a traffic barrier in 2006. Although he appeared intoxicated at the time, a sobriety test was never administered.

Patrick Kennedy's retirement will leave the US Congress without a member of the Kennedy clan for the first time since 1946.

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