My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience - both my own and that of my family - in finding just, practical, and bipartisan solutions to difficult challenges.

Representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 2013. Kennedy won the November 6 election with 61 percent of the vote to Bielat's 36 percent. Bill Delahunt in early 2010 but decided against it.

S. Representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 2013. After attending Stanford University he spent two years in the Dominican Republic as a member of the Peace Corps and earned his law degree at Harvard Law School in 2009.