January 8, 2013 — Retired Congressman Barney Frank’s unabashed campaign for the gubernatorial appointment as interim U.S. senator gathered momentum Monday, with a push from a Gloucester representative.
In a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick, two Democratic state reps — Ann-Margaret Ferrante of Gloucester and Christopher Markey of New Bedford —urged the governor to pick Frank to fill Sen. John Kerry’s seat on an interim basis, assuming Kerry is confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of State to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton. Her resignation is expected soon after the second inauguration of President Obama on Jan 21.
Ferrante also said she expected more support from among her State House colleagues for Frank’s appointment but did not want to delay the release of the letter, which echoes the sentiments of newly minted Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Warren was quoted in Sunday’s Boston Herald as saying, “If he is appointed to be a senator, I have no doubt he will be extraordinary.”
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