Fourth Congressional District candidate Joe Kennedy III will be taking reader questions in a LIVE text chat today, Oct. 12, starting at 1 p.m. 

Kennedy, a Democrat, is running against Republican Sean Bielat to fill the seat of retiring Congressman Barney Frank, of Newton. 

This afternoon's chat will last roughly 45 minutes. To submit a question, simply enter your name in the chat box above, type your question and submit.

A recap of the chat will be posted later this afternoon. 

Bielat participated in a similar live chat Q&A yesterday.

Questions submitted will be subject to moderator approval. No vulgar or libelous comments will be allowed. Because we expect a high volume of questions for the chat session, we will keep the questions issue-related and not repetitive.