 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Muna December 2008, Kennedy akaratidza kufarira chigaro cheSeneti yeUnited States chaiva chaHillary Clinton, uyo akanga asarudzwa kuti ave Munyori weHurumende. Chigaro ichi chaifanira kuzadzwa kusvikira muna 2010 nokugadzwa kwaGavhuna weNew York David Paterson. Ichi chigaro chimwe chetecho chakabatwa nasekuru vaKennedy Robert F. Kennedy kubva muna January 1965 kusvikira pakuurawa kwakemuna June 1968, apo akanga ari mukwikwidzi nokuda kwekusarudzwa kweDemocratic nokuda kwokuva mutungamiri wenyika. Kugadzwa kwaKennedy kwakatsigirwa neCongresswoman Louise Slaughter, State Assemblyman Vito Lopez, New York City meya Michael Bloomberg, aimbova New York City Meya Ed Koch, uye New York Post peji rekunyora. 