“Somewhere down the road, if a Senate seat were to open, yeah it’s something I’d certainly take a look at,” Kennedy said in an interview in his Capitol Hill office. “But that’s got to be right in time for me and my family.”
Since his attack on Obamacare repeal efforts, Kennedy has been slowly raising his national profile, appearing on the Daily Show in August. He plans to keynote the Texas Democratic Party’s annual Johnson-Jordan dinner next week in Austin. Sources close to the congressman say they also expect him to keep up a drumbeat on Capitol Hill on Obamacare and transgender equality.
Many Democrats say Kennedy could easily assume a spot in the party’s leadership ranks, if he wants. Beyond the family legacy, Kennedy is unfailingly polite, whip smart and well spoken, admirers say. And he’s young, a coveted commodity as a cadre of septuagenarians are among the party’s 2020 presidential prospects and House leaders.
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