Push to Fill Kennedy Seat in Massachusetts
“Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said yesterday that the state will hold a special election in January to determine who will replace Ted Kennedy in the U.S. Senate. But Patrick also said he’d push to see Kennedy’s seat filled in the interim. We talk to Frank Phillips, State House bureau chief for the Boston Globe.
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