Hoeven Will Run for Senate
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 6th, 2010 5:40 am by HL
Hoeven Will Run for Senate
With news that Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) is not running for re-election, Politco reports that North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven (R) “is letting his political allies know that he’s preparing to run for the seat.”
“Hoeven’s decision gives Republicans an excellent shot at winning back the Senate seat in the solidly Republican state.”
Dodd Will Not Seek Re-Election
Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT), “a 30-year incumbent who has been struggling in public opinion polls for more than a year, plans to announce today he will not seek reelection,” the Hartford Courant reports.
But unlike Sen. Byron Dorgan’s (D-ND) decision yesterday to retire — which leaves his party defending an open seat in a Republican-leaning state — Dodd’s retirement is actually seen as giving Democrats a better shot at holding the seat in heavily Democratic Connecticut.
In fact, the AP reports Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D) is wasting no time and will announce his candidacy for Dodd’s seat.
