Caroline Kennedy Ends Senate Seat Bid

Posted by Staff, Huffington Post at 4:33 PM on January 21, 2009.

Kennedy is withdrawing her name from consideration for Hillary Clinton's vacant Senate seat.

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Caroline Kennedy is withdrawing her name from consideration for Hillary Clinton's vacant Senate seat.

Kennedy cited "personal reasons," according to the New York Post.

The New York Times elaborates that she was concerned about her uncle, Ted Kennedy, who suffered a seizure on Tuesday:

On Wednesday she called the governor, David Paterson, who is making the selection of who should succeed Senator Hillary Clinton. Her concerns about Senator Edward M. Kennedy's deteriorating health (he was hospitalized after a seizure during the inaugural lunch on Tuesday ) prompted her decision to withdraw, this person said. Coping with the health issues of her uncle, with whom she enjoys an extraordinarily close bond, was her most important priority; a situation not conducive to starting a high profile public job.

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