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Is going to be former Democratic National Committee head Paul Kirk, a confidante of the former senator. An announcement ceremony including the Kennedy family and Sen. John Kerry is expected later today. The 71-year-old will only serve on an interim basis and will be replaced by the winner of the Jan. 19 special election. The Massachusetts legislature just changed the succession law back to where it was in 2004, when the Beacon Hill Democrats feared Mitt Romney would appoint a Republican interim senator should Kerry have been elected president that year.