BOSTON (AP) — It’s official: U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III is running for the U.S. Senate.
The Massachusetts Democrat formally announced his campaign Saturday in an email before a kickoff event in East Boston. That’s where the Kennedy clan first settled after arriving from Ireland well over a century ago.
Joe Kennedy is a grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, and his great-uncle was President John F. Kennedy.
He is the first member of America’s most famous political dynasty to run for the Senate since his great-uncle Edward M. Kennedy did so in 1962, a year before JFK’s assassination.
The 38-year-old will face 73-year-old incumbent Sen. Edward Markey in next year’s primary.