Marty Meehan will not run for Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat

Marty Meehan

UMass Lowell chancellor Marty Meehan has decided to stay put rather than run for Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, according to a statement released by the school this afternoon. Meehan did not rule out the possibility of running for another office at a later time.

Meehan had been talked about as a potential candidate, with many news outlets noting his $5 million campaign war chest. The former democratic congressman from Lowell was named chancellor of UMass Lowell in July 2007.

The ongoing recession recently caused UMass Lowell to put plans for an $80 million Emerging Tech Center on hold, three months after Meehan told MHT the center would be built. The center would have focused on nano- and bio-manufacturing research.

“We’re going to build that building,” Meehan said in December.

Posted by Brendan Lynch

Tags: Marty Meehan, Ted Kennedy, UMass Lowell

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