Congressional candidates Joseph Kennedy III (D) and Sean Bielat (R) both oppose voter initiatives that, if passed on November 6, will legalize assisted suicide and medical marijuana in Massachusetts. Democrats tend to strongly support medical marijuana and generally favor the legalization of assisted suicideโ€“although there is more division on that questionโ€“so Kennedy is swimming contrary to his partyโ€™s general tendencies on those two contentious issues.