FILE - U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., faces reporters during a news conference in Quincy, Mass., on Feb. 22, 2010. Former longtime Massachusetts congressman and district attorney Delahunt, a Democratic stalwart who postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass former President Barack Obam's agenda, has died following an illness. He died Saturday, March 30, 2024, at his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the age of 82 following a long-term illness, news reports said. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
FILE - Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., speaks at Rep.-elect Bill Keating's victory party in Quincy, Mass., on Nov. 2, 2010. Former longtime Massachusetts congressman and district attorney Delahunt, a Democratic stalwart who postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass former President Barack Obam's agenda, has died following an illness. He died Saturday, March 30, 2024, at his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the age of 82 following a long-term illness, news reports said. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye, File)
FILE - Sen. John Kerry, center, D-Mass., speaks alongside U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, right, D-Mass., during a public hearing before the Joint Committee on Election Laws at the Statehouse in Boston to press lawmakers to allow Gov. Deval Patrick to name an interim replacement to the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy on Sept. 9, 2009. Former longtime Massachusetts congressman and district attorney Delahunt, a Democratic stalwart who postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass former President Barack Obam's agenda, has died following an illness. He died Saturday, March 30, 2024, at his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the age of 82 following a long-term illness, news reports said. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye, File)