Massachusetts Governor Selects Interim Senator

Governor Deval Patrick has chosen William “Mo” Cowan to replace John Kerry in the U.S. Senate.

Cowan, 43, was first hired by Patrick as his legal counsel in 2009 and was then promoted to chief of staff in 2010. Last November, Cowan stepped down from the $144,000 a year job.

Cowan is a North Carolina native and Duke University graduate who came to Boston to attend Northeastern University Law School in the early 1990s – and never left the region. One of the city’s leading African-American lawyers, Cowan is a former partner in the politically connected law firm of Mintz Levin.

William ‘Mo” Cowan (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff/File 2010)Cowan will become the first African-American to represent Massachusetts in the Senate since Edward Brooke held the seat as a Republican from 1966 to 1978.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.