Vicki Kennedy not interested in running
By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff
Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, says she is not interested in running for the Senate.
In an episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" slated to air Wednesday, Winfrey tells Kennedy, "There's been talk that you might" run for Senate.
"No. No. Not for me," Kennedy says, according to a transcript provided by the show.
"Not for you?" asks Winfrey.
"Not for me," replies Kennedy.
Pressing a little further, Winfrey asks, "Never ever?"
"No. No," says Kennedy. "We had Senator Kennedy in our household and, no, not for me."
Kennedy also discusses her husband's life, their life together, and his memoir, "True Compass," the show said, in what is her first TV interview since the senator's death.
Her children, Caroline and Curran Raclin, and her stepson, Ted Kennedy Jr. joined her in the interview, the show said.
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