Joe Kennedy III, the grandnephew of assassinated president John F Kennedy, conceded defeat in his bid for a seat in the US Senate. Photo: APJoe Kennedy III, the grandnephew of assassinated president John F Kennedy, conceded defeat in his bid for a seat in the US Senate. Photo: AP
Joe Kennedy III, the grandnephew of assassinated president John F Kennedy, conceded defeat in his bid for a seat in the US Senate. Photo: AP
World /  United States & Canada

Joe Kennedy loses senate primary contest - and an American dynasty fades

  • Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts defeated Joe Kennedy III in the state’s hotly contested Democratic Senate primary
  • Kennedy the first member of his fabled political family to suffer defeat in a Massachusetts election for a congressional seat

Topic |   US Politics
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Updated: 2:56pm, 2 Sep, 2020

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Joe Kennedy III, the grandnephew of assassinated president John F Kennedy, conceded defeat in his bid for a seat in the US Senate. Photo: APJoe Kennedy III, the grandnephew of assassinated president John F Kennedy, conceded defeat in his bid for a seat in the US Senate. Photo: AP
Joe Kennedy III, the grandnephew of assassinated president John F Kennedy, conceded defeat in his bid for a seat in the US Senate. Photo: AP
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