NEW YORK -- Caroline Kennedy, who is seeking to fill Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate seat, has not voted in a number of elections, including at least one race for the very job she is seeking.
According to city Board of Elections records, she missed several Democratic mayoral primaries — typically important contests in left-leaning New York City — in 1989, 1993, 1997 and 2005. Republicans went on to win three out of four of those races in the general election.
She also missed the 2002 gubernatorial primary and general election, when Democrat H. Carl McCall faced Republican incumbent George Pataki and lost.
And she skipped the 1994 general election, when Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was running for re-election. It is the same seat she hopes to take over if Clinton is confirmed as secretary of state in President-elect Barack Obama's administration.
Kennedy, a Democrat who belongs to one of America's most illustrious political families, registered at her current address on Manhattan's Upper East Side in 1988.
She has been working to shore up support to convince Democratic Gov. David Paterson that she is best qualified to be appointed to the job. This week, she visited officials in three cities in upstate New York and had lunch in Harlem with civil rights activist Al Sharpton.
Her spokesman, Stefan Friedman, said Friday that Kennedy "recognizes just how important it is to vote and has a very strong record of going to the polls." He added, "She has not voted on a handful of occasions over the last two decades."
Even before her recent foray into the spotlight, Kennedy had been a champion of public service and the importance of serving one's country, in the spirit of her father.
The 51-year-old daughter of President John F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy heads the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and is a member of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Committee. She is also a director of the Commission on Presidential Debates; a director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; and vice chairwoman of New York City's Fund for Public Schools.
Last January, she created a stir when she endorsed then-candidate Obama, saying he could inspire Americans in the same way her father once did.
Kennedy did vote in both the primary and general election, and also cast a vote in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
She also missed the 2002 gubernatorial primary and general election, when Democrat H. Carl McCall faced Republican incumbent George Pataki and lost.
And she skipped the 1994 general election, when Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was running for re-election. It is the same seat she hopes to take over if Clinton is confirmed as secretary of state in President-elect Barack Obama's administration.
Kennedy, a Democrat who belongs to one of America's most illustrious political families, registered at her current address on Manhattan's Upper East Side in 1988.
She has been working to shore up support to convince Democratic Gov. David Paterson that she is best qualified to be appointed to the job. This week, she visited officials in three cities in upstate New York and had lunch in Harlem with civil rights activist Al Sharpton.
Her spokesman, Stefan Friedman, said Friday that Kennedy "recognizes just how important it is to vote and has a very strong record of going to the polls." He added, "She has not voted on a handful of occasions over the last two decades."
Even before her recent foray into the spotlight, Kennedy had been a champion of public service and the importance of serving one's country, in the spirit of her father.
The 51-year-old daughter of President John F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy heads the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and is a member of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Committee. She is also a director of the Commission on Presidential Debates; a director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; and vice chairwoman of New York City's Fund for Public Schools.
Last January, she created a stir when she endorsed then-candidate Obama, saying he could inspire Americans in the same way her father once did.
Kennedy did vote in both the primary and general election, and also cast a vote in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
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movedsouth wrote on Dec 19, 2008 9:45 PM:
scottgrimshaw wrote on Dec 19, 2008 9:13 PM:
As for Caroline Kennedy being considered because she is a member of the "Family", you've got to be kidding. Ted Kennedy is something to aspire to? "
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