Paul G. Kirk Jr., a longtime Democratic Party insider and associate of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy , was appointed Thursday by Gov. Deval Patrick as Kennedy’s interim replacement.Kirk will be sworn in at 3:15 p.m. Friday and will serve until the Jan. 19 special election that will fill out the remainder of Kennedy’s unexpired term, which runs through the 2012 election. As expected said he will not be a candidate for that special election.
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