Ted Kennedy was a politician.
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States , along with the Republican Party . Ted Kennedy . Ted Kennedy entered the Senate in a November 1962 special election to fill the seat previously held by his brother , John , who was now the President . He was elected to a full six-year term in 1964 and was re-elected seven more times . The United States Senate election of 1964 in Massachusetts was held on November 3 , 1964 with the incumbent Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy defeating his challengers .