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Ted Kennedy Jr., (D‑Branford) made it official today, filing candidate papers with the State Elections Enforcement Commission (SEEC) seeking a second term in office as state senator of the 12th District.
In a formal announcement, Kennedy stated that he is “extraordinarily grateful to the residents of Branford,Guilford, Madison, North Branford, Durham and Killingworth,” the six towns that comprise the 12th District.
Kennedy told the Eagle in an interview today that he plans to seek public financing for his election campaign.
“I love my job. I am good at it. I love the people of the shoreline and so my thought is to continue in the work if the citizens of the 12th District honor me with their vote,” Kennedy said when he appeared on WNHH radio’s “Legal Eagle” show in February.
In earlier this year”>a recent interview on WNHH’s “Legal Eagle” program, in which he signaled his intention to run for a second term, Kennedy observed the brevity of two-year terms under which all Connecticut legislators serve. The governor’s term is four years.
“You know, it seems my election was just the other day. These two-year terms come up rather quickly. Maybe we need to do something about that,” he said, adding, “It seems like I was just sworn in and now I am running for election again.”
Environmental Priorities This Session
Kennedy, co-chairman of the General Assembly’s Environment Committee, gave the broad outlines of his environmental priorities in the 45-minute radio interview. He said his committee approaches issues in a collaborative way. “When I first ran for the State Senate, ” he said today in a prepared statement, I pledged to serve in a bi-partisan manner, he said. “All 22 environmental bill signed into law in the 2015 session were passed with overwhelming bi-partisan support. So far, in 2016, the majority of all bills voted out of the Environment Committee passed unanimously.”
Click on the above sound file to listen to the full interview, in which Kennedy discussed his time in office so far and his goals moving forward.
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Yea, let's make the terms life long like the Supreme Court so the politicians can feed at the public trough forever!