Schakowsky Will Not Run for Senate
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 8th, 2009 4:35 am by HL
Schakowsky Will Not Run for Senate
After exploring a Senate run, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) told Lynn Sweet that she instead will seek another term in the House.
“Schakowsky had set today as her deadline for deciding whether to jump into the Democratic primary. She told me a statewide contest ‘would have been very exciting,’ but she wanted to take advantage of ‘this moment in history’ to use her House leadership position — she is part of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s inner circle — to work on pending health care and energy legislation.”
Deeds Grabs Solid Lead in Virginia
A new Public Policy Polling survey in Virginia finds that undecided voters in the Democratic gubernatorial race have broken almost exclusively to Creigh Deeds (D), allowing him to open up a double digit before Tuesday’s primary.
Deeds now leads with 40%, followed by Terry McAuliffe at 26%, and Brian Moran at 24%.
Related: CQ Politics handicaps the race.
