Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman mulling 2018 Senate run
Source: Politico
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is considering a run for the Senate in 2018, he told Bloomberg in a podcast interview released Tuesday.
Ive always said that Ive got one more run left in our bones. And I dont know what that will be. But I love this country, Huntsman said. Were going to take a good look at maybe a future Senate run in the state of Utah.
Whether or not the two-time Utah governor runs for office will depend on whether or not longtime Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) seeks an eighth term in the upcoming midterm elections. Hatch had previously said he will not run in 2018 but told Roll Call earlier this month that Donald Trumps victory in the presidential election had given him cause to reconsider retiring from the Senate.
In addition to serving as Utahs governor, Huntsman was the U.S. ambassador to China for President Barack Obama. He ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 but dropped out after failing to register significant support in either Iowa or New Hampshire, the first two primary states.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/jon-huntsman-2018-senate-run-231928
Zambero
(8,962 posts)Whether or not a moderate Republican could win these days in Utah is another matter.
BumRushDaShow
(128,372 posts)and "mavericky". Then Mike Lee came along and Hatch went teabagger just to make it through the primaries.
Brainstormy
(2,380 posts)I don't loathe.
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Island Blue
(5,815 posts)An endangered species for sure.