SHORT TAKES : Rep. Kennedy, Wife Seek Divorce
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BOSTON — U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II filed for divorce the same day he sailed unopposed through the primary election.
The Democrat is seeking a third term representing Massachusetts’ 8th Congressional District, which includes parts of Boston and Cambridge.
He faces Republican Glenn W. Fiscus in the fall election.
On Tuesday, Kennedy and his wife, Sheila Rauch, filed for a no-fault divorce in Suffolk Probate Court, the judge’s clerk said Wednesday.
A settlement and financial statement submitted with the divorce papers were sealed by the judge, said the clerk, who declined to give her name.
Kennedy, 37, and his wife, 40, separated in February, 1989. They have twin 9-year-old sons.
Kennedy is the oldest of the 11 children of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in Los Angeles in 1968 after winning the California primary in his bid for President.
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