"Ag Secretary Expected to Run for Senate" Mike Johanns running for Hagel's seat...

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Does anyone know anything about him?


Ag Secretary Expected to Run for Senate
By ANNA JO BRATTON and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press Writer

29 minutes ago

OMAHA, Neb. - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is expected to resign Thursday to clear the way for a Senate campaign in 2008, giving Republicans a welcome dose of good political news.

Johanns will be joined by President Bush to make an announcement about his future Thursday morning, the secretary's spokeswoman Terri Teuber said Wednesday, not commenting on what Johanns would say.

But state Republicans, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement had not been made, said Johanns intends to seek the seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel.

"Johanns is the 800-pound gorilla," said Rep. Lee Terry, a Nebraska Republican. "People like Mike."

Incumbent Republicans in New Hampshire, Maine, Oregon and Minnesota face difficult challenges, and GOP retirements in Virginia and Colorado give Democrats additional targets. Democrats have also been recruiting former Sen. Bob Kerrey to return home to Nebraska to run for Hagel's seat.<snip>

http://www.comcast.net/news/politics/index.jsp?cat=POLITICS&fn=/2007/09/19/767952.html

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1. He's not really someone to have an opinion on--always struck me

as boring and unimpressive.

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2. I knew I could count on you knowing.

:) So, Bob Kerry would have a good chance at beating him?

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3. I think they're about 50/50, actually. This is one time where the

campaigning will really tell the tale--Johanns would be a safe, boring choice, and Kerrey would give Nebraska a little worldly "cachet". Really hard to say, as I'm not a native Nebraskan. I can never guess what these folks will do out here.