Paul Kirk

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Paul Kirk
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U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
From: September 25, 2009-Present
Predecessor Ted Kennedy
Successor Incumbent (no successor)
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Party Democrat
Spouse(s) Gail Kirk
Religion Roman Catholic

Paul Grattan Kirk, Jr. (born January 18, 1938) is a lawyer and Democratic Party politician who is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts after being appointed by Governor Deval Patrick to replace the late Ted Kennedy. He will temporally hold the seat until a special election scheduled for January 2010. His appointment caused controversy, after the Democratic super-majority in the state legislature had originally blocked the right of Republican Governor Mitt Romney to appoint an interim senator had John Kerry been elected President in the 2004 election. His appointment was all the more significant because Senator Kirk could be the crucial 60th vote for government-run health care legislation that the Obama administration is proposing. Senator Kirk serves on the Armed Services Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Kirk is a graduate from Harvard Law School. Senator Kirk served on Ted Kennedy's staff from 1969 through 1977 and as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1985 through 1989, during which Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis lost the presidency. As a super-delegate in the 2008 Presidential Election, Kirk endorsed Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries.

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