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Kennedy Enters Politics
Kennedy ran for the US House of Representatives in 1946, representing a working-class Boston neighborhood. He ran his campaign, which was supported and financed by his father, from his maternal grandfather’s home at the Bellevue Hotel in Beacon Hill, Boston. He won the seat with 42 percent of the vote and served until 1953 when he was elected to the Senate. Kennedy learned valuable lessons about connecting with voters during his first campaign that he carried with him throughout his political career. |