Retiring Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. talks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, prior to the start of the 113th Congress. Joseph Kennedy III is scheduled to be sworn in Thursday, replacing Frank. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Joseph Kennedy III, son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II and grandson of late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, gestures Thursday while visiting voters outside a polling station at a school in Needham, Mass. He won the Democratic primary election for the House seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Barney Frank. (Associated Press)
Joseph Kennedy III, son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II and grandson of late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, gestures Thursday while visiting voters outside a polling station at a school in Needham, Mass. He won the Democratic primary election for the House seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Barney Frank. (Associated Press)
**FILE** Joseph Kennedy III, Massachusetts Democrat and son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (Associated Press)
**FILE** Joseph Kennedy III, Massachusetts Democrat and son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (Associated Press)
Joseph Kennedy III exchanges a greeting with 3-year-old Matthew Olsen, of Attleboro, Mass., during a campaign stop Thursday. Mr. Kennedy is running for the congressional seat held by retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank. (Associated Press)
Joseph Kennedy III, at a campaign rally for Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (third from left) in 2010, may soon be announcing a political run of his own to replace Rep. Barney Frank, who is retiring from the U.S. House. Mr. Kennedy said he will begin "to reach out to the people of [Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District] in order to hear directly from them about the challenges they are facing." (Associated Press)
