US Rep. Joe Kennedy III formally declared his candidacy for the US Senate on Saturday, becoming the first member of the Kennedy political dynasty to bid for the upper chamber of Congress since Edward M Kennedy in 1962.
The Massachusetts Democrat formally announced his campaign in an email before a kickoff event in East Boston, where the Kennedy clan first settled after arriving from Ireland well over a century ago.
"I'm running because our country is at a moment of truth," Kennedy told supporters in the email.
"Donald Trump has forced a long overdue reckoning in America.
And how we respond will say everything about who we are."
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