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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (45722)	11/24/2008 3:34:38 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 149317

Kaufman Picked by Governor to Fill Biden Senate Seat (Update2) By Phil Milford Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Ted Kaufman, a longtime aide to Vice President-elect Joe Biden, was chosen by Delaware's governor today to fill Biden's U.S. Senate seat for the next two years. Governor Ruth Ann Minner, a Democrat, announced the choice of Kaufman at a news conference in Wilmington. Kaufman, 69, has served as chief of Biden's Senate staff for 19 years and is co-chairman of his transition team, according to the Web site of Duke University law school, where he teaches. Biden's seat will become open because he and Democratic President-elect Barack Obama defeated Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin in the Nov. 4 presidential election. Obama resigned his U.S. Senate seat effective Nov. 16. Minner said Biden wants to remain in the Senate until he is sworn in for his seventh term in January, and that Kaufman will take over sometime that month. ``With Ted Kaufman in the Senate, Delaware will be in very good hands,'' Biden said in a statement. He called Kaufman ``a man of first-rate qualifications, unquestioned integrity and a longtime commitment to public service.'' Kaufman will serve until an election is held in 2010. Biden's son, Beau, the state's attorney general, last week took himself out of the running for the appointment. Beau Biden is preparing to serve in Iraq as a captain in the Delaware National Guard. Delaware, with a population of 783,000, was one of the 13 original colonies and the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, on Dec. 7, 1787. It's geographically smaller than every state except Rhode Island. Located on the mid-Atlantic Coast, Delaware is flanked by Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey. It's about halfway between New York City and Washington, D. C. To contact the reporter on this story: Phil Milford in Wilmington, Delaware, at pmilford@bloomberg.net. Last Updated: November 24, 2008 15:32 EST