JFK’s grand nephew launches bid for Congress seat

Joseph Kennedy III is to follow in the family tradition and contest the race for a Massachusetts congressional seat in the 4th District.

If he wins he would put the Kennedy family back in national politics. Since Congressman Patrick Kennedy retired last November it is the first time since 1946 a Kennedy has not been either elected to the US senate or the house.

Back then, John Fitzgerald Kennedy replaced the legendary James Michael Curley that year when Curley ran for Mayor of Boston. Now JFK’s grandnephew is set to take up the torch. The 31-year-old lawyer is to enter the election to succeed retiring US Republican Barney Frank.