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New poll has Joseph P. Kennedy III far ahead in race for congressional seat

By Travis Andersen

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 10, 2012

Joseph P. Kennedy III is far out front of his possible Republican opponent in the contest for the congressional seat being vacated by Barney Frank, although Kennedy has not yet entered the race, a new poll has found. Kennedy, the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy who recently left his job as a prosecutor to consider a run, would defeat Republican Sean Bielat by a 2-to-1 margin, according to a new poll done for UMass Lowell and the Boston Herald.

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