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| Y'all can call me Sen. Mo Cowan |
Thank goodness that Governor Deval Patrick didn't select Rep. Barney Frank! Mo Cowan will be joining Sen. Tim Scott. We have never had two black folks serving in the U.S. Senate at the same time. From theGrio.com: "A top Democratic aide has confirmed to NBC News that Massachusetts
Gov. Deval Patrick (D) will appoint his former chief of staff, Mo Cowan,
to be the interim pick to fill the state’s vacated U.S. Senate seat. Cowan is the second African-American to represent the state of Massachusetts in the Senate. Republican Ed Brooke was the first, he served from 1967 to 1979."
More: "Once Sen. John Kerry was nominated by President Barack Obama to
replace Hillary Rodham Clinton for Secretary of State, there was
widespread speculation about who Gov. Patrick would appoint to replace
him. Some even speculated that he might
select himself. Outspoken congressman Barney Frank
made no secret about his desire to fill the seat as a placeholder until a special election is held this June to fill that seat for the remainder of Kerry’s term."
