Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA) said today that he won’t run in a special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat.
“Oh, I’m out,” Delahunt told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews. “I don’t want to make a six-year commitment to anything at this point in time.”
In Massachusetts, Congressional vacancies are filled by a special election, which is held at least 150 days after the seat opens. In the days before his death, Kennedy wrote a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick and state legislators urging them to change the law to allow Patrick to appoint a temporary replacement.
Delahunt’s district includes Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and the South Shore.
