Paul G. Kirk is Appointed Interim Senator to Fill Late Edward Kennedy's Seat

A Suffolk Superior Court judge this afternoon rejected a request by the state Republican Party to block the appointment of Democrat Paul G. Kirk Jr. as interim US senator.

The ruling leaves Republicans with few options to stop Kirk from taking the oath of office this afternoon in Washington.

"I really didn't have a great deal of concern about it," Kirk said after arriving on Capitol Hill.

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