Victoria Reggie Kennedy

Politician

Female

Born Feb 26, 1954

Age 59

Hometown Crowley, Louisiana

Nationality American

Ethnicity Lebanese American

Victoria Reggie "Vicki" Kennedy is an American lawyer and second wife of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.

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Women's Guild Cedars-Sinai Spring Luncheon Honoring Victoria Reggie Kennedy

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May 4, 2013

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Mar 23, 2010

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Jan 8, 2010

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Aug 29, 2009

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Michael Nesmith
Married 2000 - Present
Ted Kennedy
Married 1992 - 2009

Family

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Victoria Reggie Kennedy

Age 59

parents

Edmund Reggie
Father, Age 86

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Democrats' Massachusetts Senate Plans May Be Spoiled By Labor
Huffington Post - Feb 01, 2013

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) kicked off his campaign for U.S. Senate Thursday at a South Boston union hall flanked by members from 26 unions. Choosing the Local 7 hall on Old Colony Avenue, down the street from the rough project where he grew up, was no accident. Lynch, a former union president, is banking on labor's support to derail the well-choreographed plans of longtime Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and national Democrats, who tried to clear the field with endorseme...
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Ex Rep. Frank On Senate Seat: Put Me In, Governor
San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 04, 2013

Ex-Rep. Frank on Senate seat: Put me in, governor Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:14 am, Friday, January 4, 2013 Frank told The Associated Press that he asked Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint him to serve as the state's interim senator until a special election is held to fill Kerry's seat. Under state law, the Democ...
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Catholics For Obama: Battle For Key Constituency
Seattle Pi - Aug 14, 2012

Catholics for Obama was launched by the president’s reelection campaign on Monday, two days after Mitt Romney picked a staunch anti-abortion Catholic who wants deep cuts in social programs, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, as his running mate. The new group, and its counterpart Catholics for Romney launched earlier this month, reflect divisions in both Church and American society. Gov. Martin O’Malley, a national co-chair of Catholics for Obama, signed same-sex marriage legislation in...
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Sara Kay Smullens: Chief Justice Robert's Health Care Decision: A Moral Perspective
Huffington Post - Jul 03, 2012

Victoria Kennedy, the widow of the late Ted Kennedy, has confirmed that when the Supreme Court upheld the president's overhaul of our nation's health coverage she received a telephone call from Nancy Pelosi, who told her that her husband can now rest in peace. No doubt Pelosi, Kennedy and the president, like the rest of us, were shocked that the vote was carried by Chief Justice Roberts. His legal justification of this decision, a defined tax rather than penalty, will be discu...
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CHILDHOOD

1954 Birth Born on February 26, 1954.

1956 2 Years Old At the 1956 Democratic National Convention, her father helped deliver his state for John F. Kennedy's unsuccessful bid for the vice-presidential nomination. … Read More

TWENTIES

1979 25 Years Old She then received her Juris Doctor degree, summa cum laude in 1979 from Tulane University Law School. … Read More

1981 27 Years Old Their 1981 church wedding was in Crowley and "feted 400 guests with a week's worth of parties." … Read More

THIRTIES

1990 36 Years Old They were divorced in 1990. … Read More

1991 37 Years Old They began dating after meeting again in June 1991 at a party celebrating her parents' 40th wedding anniversary. Ted Kennedy said of this meeting, "I had known Vicki before, but this was the first time I think I really saw her." The relationship became serious in September 1991. They were engaged in March 1992, and married July 3, 1992, in a civil ceremony at his home in McLean, Virginia. … Read More

FORTIES

1994 40 Years Old In Kennedy's 1994 senatorial re-election campaign against Mitt Romney, she was credited by The New York Times with "giving him a political advantage in a difficult contest." … Read More

1997 43 Years Old By 1997, she no longer practiced law.

1999 45 Years Old 1 More Event

She came to the aid of the greater Kennedy family following the 1999 plane crash that took the life of John F. Kennedy, Jr.

FIFTIES

2009 55 Years Old 2 More Events

Senator Kennedy died on August 25, 2009. … Read More

2010 56 Years Old 1 More Event

Since the Senator's death, Kennedy has spoken at graduation ceremonies and received honorary degrees from UMass Boston, Lesley University, and the University of Maryland in the Spring of 2010.

2012 58 Years Old A year later, speculation continued as some noted Democrats saw her as their best chance to take back Senator Kennedy's seat from Brown and the Republicans in the 2012 election; however, she again declined, and the Democratic nomination was awarded to Elizabeth Warren.

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