Patrick Names Former Chief of Staff, Cowan, as Interim Senator
Markey is in, Lynch is set to make an announcement Thursday and Brown is reportedly considering throwing his hat into the race following Tuesday’s nomination of John Kerry as Secretary of State.
With Tuesday's official nomination of U.S. Senator John Kerry to the post of Secretary of State, the field is opening up with folks vying for Kerry's seat in his unexpired term in the U.S. Senate. But before that even happens, Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday announced his former chief of staff William “Mo” Cowan will be the interim senator and will serve until a new senator is elected in the June 25 special election. A Stoughton resident, Cowan announced in December he would be stepping down this month and returning to the private sector. Besides being Patrick’s former chief of staff, Cowan also served as chief legal counsel to Patrick, having served in the Patrick-Murray Administration since 2009. "I am proud and delighted to appoint Mo …
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