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"Ben Affleck has denied that he will run for John Kerry&amp;#039;s Massachusetts Senate seat. The Argo director was coy last week when his name was first floated publicly as a replacement for Kerry, who has been nominated to become US secretary of state.  Affleck was more candid about running for the US Senate in a statement posted on his official Facebook account, affirming that his top priority is his Congo charity. &amp;quot;I love Massachusetts and our political process, but I am not running for office,&amp;quot; the actor-filmmaker announced. He continued: &amp;quot;Right now it&amp;#039;s a privilege to spend my time working with Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), supporting our veterans, drawing attention to the great many who go hungry in the US everyday and using filmmaking to entertain and foster discussion about issues like our relationship to Iran.&amp;quot; Affleck went on to wish Kerry well should the politician be confirmed by the US Senate as the Obama administration&amp;#039;s new secretary of state.  &amp;quot;We are about to get a great Secretary of State and there are some phenomenal candidates in Massachusetts for his Senate seat,&amp;quot; he said, adding: &amp;quot;I look forward to an amazing campaign.&amp;quot; The star has been politically active throughout his Hollywood career, having campaigned for Al Gore&amp;#039;s presidential run in 2000 and Kerry&amp;#039;s bid for high office in 2004. &amp;gt; Ben Affleck &amp;#039;didn&amp;#039;t pass on Justice League&amp;#039; Watch a trailer for Argo below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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