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Bob Burr announces candidacy for
Ted Kennedy's
senate seat
By Jay Turner
Citizen Staff
Canton
selectman and CHS alum Bob Burr made quite a splash this Labor
Day when he became the first Republican to officially enter the
race to succeed Ted Kennedy in the U.S. Senate. The surprise
announcement, which Burr made on Monday via a news statement,
was first reported by the Boston Globe.
Burr, who was
first elected to the Canton Board of Selectmen in 2003, had
given no prior indication that he was planning to seek the
senate seat — at least not publicly. And yet Monday he became
just the second candidate to officially join the race, following
Massachusetts Attorney General and Democratic hopeful Martha
Coakley, who announced her candidacy last Thursday.
Burr will now
rely on his local political experience as he looks to end a
43-year stranglehold on the U.S. Senate by Massachusetts
Democrats, who have not conceded an election since Republican
Edward Brooke won a seat in 1966.
“By electing a
Republican to the United States Senate,” Burr said in a press
release sent to the
Citizen, “the people of Massachusetts can ensure that
there will be debate on the issues affecting healthcare, taxes
and deficit spending. If the Senate were to remain at a
60-member, filibuster-proof, Democratic majority, I fear that
opportunity will be lost in the coming months. And that loss
could put America on a trajectory that is not necessarily in
concert with desires of the American people.”
September 10, 2009
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