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out of the race: Caroline Kennedy. pic/ap</td></tr></tbody></table>Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn from consideration to occupy the US Senate seat vacated by newly sworn-in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, it was reported yesterday. The decision by Kennedy, a wealthy author and lawyer and the only surviving child of assassinated US president John F Kennedy and his wife, Jackie, comes nearly two months after she first put herself forward for the job. A source said Kennedy was withdrawing from consideration over concerns about the health of her uncle, US Senator Edward Kennedy, who collapsed on Tuesday during an inauguration luncheon for US President Barack Obama. He has been suffering from brain cancer. Rocky start Kennedy had highlighted her record of charitable work, service on cultural boards and efforts to reform New York's education system as proof of a commitment to public service. But she had been embarrassed by a report that she had not always voted in key elections and she got off to a rocky start with local media on a trip beyond the safety of liberal Manhattan.

Her comment that she had not always voted had been severely criticised

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