Kennedy Confirms She Will Not Seek Senate Seat
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 22nd, 2009 5:36 am by HL
Kennedy Confirms She Will Not Seek Senate Seat
After a night of confusion, Caroline Kennedy released a statement confirming reports that she was no longer a contender for New York’s vacant U.S. Senate seat.
The New York Times notes the leak of her decision appeared to catch Gov. David Paterson off guard, “throwing the Paterson administration into confusion and setting off conflicting news media reports. After frantic talks between the governor’s operation and Ms. Kennedy’s camp Wednesday evening, Ms. Kennedy appeared to waver on whether to withdraw, and was preparing a statement reasserting her interest in the job. But just after midnight, she decided to make clear she was taking her name out of consideration and released the statement saying so.”
The statement was one sentence: “I informed Governor Paterson today that for personal reasons I am withdrawing my name from consideration for the United States Senate.”
