{"id":1922506,"date":"2023-05-02T02:41:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-senator-ben-cardin-not-running-for-reelection\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T02:43:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:43:23","slug":"longtime-senator-ben-cardin-not-running-for-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-senator-ben-cardin-not-running-for-reelection\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime Senator Ben Cardin Not Running for Reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flongtime-senator-ben-cardin-not-running-for-reelection%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1922506&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0501\/3abb8164-4748-4b8e-90f0-828beacbc50a\/audio.mp3?length=2666925&#038;duration=222\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Longtime Senator Ben Cardin Announces Retirement<\/h2>\n<p>After 58 years of public service, Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has announced that he will not run for a fourth Senate term in 2024. In an interview with The Baltimore Sun, Cardin stated, &#8220;It&#8217;s time. I always knew this election cycle would be the one I would be thinking about not running again, so it&#8217;s not something that hit me by surprise. I enjoy life. There are other things I can do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TIME first reported the development on May 1.<\/p>\n<h3>Cardin&#8217;s Accomplishments<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Served on the Foreign Relations Committee<\/li>\n<li>Served on the Environment and Public Works Committee<\/li>\n<li>Served on the Finance Committee<\/li>\n<li>Served as chairman of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prior to his time in the Senate, Cardin served for 20 years in the House of Representatives and in the Maryland House of Delegates for around 20 years, including being the chamber&#8217;s speaker.<\/p>\n<h3>Who Will Run for Cardin&#8217;s Seat?<\/h3>\n<p>Possible Democrat candidates include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who made a name for himself as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-impeachment-managers-demand-trump-testify-in-senate-trial\/\" title=\"House Impeachment Managers Demand Trump Testify in Senate Trial\">lead impeachment manager<\/a> in Trump&#8217;s second impeachment<\/li>\n<li>Rep. David Trone (D-Md.)<\/li>\n<li>Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Prince George&#8217;s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks<\/li>\n<li>Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.), whose late father, Paul Sarbanes, was a 30-year senator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Possible Republican candidates include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.)<\/li>\n<li>Former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich<\/li>\n<li>Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who declined a 2022 Senate run<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Epoch Times has reached out to ask whether they plan to run for Cardin&#8217;s seat or are at least considering doing so.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Raskin expressed appreciation for Cardin&#8217;s service, but he did not say whether he would run to succeed him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After 58 years of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-senator-ben-cardin-not-running-for-reelection\/\" title=\"Longtime Senator Ben Cardin Not Running for Reelection\">integrity-filled public service<\/a>, where he showed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/his-family-loved-him-bill-clinton-breaks-his-silence-on-ken-starrs-death-with-awkward-reaction\/\" title=\"\u2018His Family Loved Him\u2019: Bill Clinton Breaks His Silence On Ken Starr\u2019s Death With Awkward Reaction\">prodigious work ethic<\/a> from Annapolis&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After serving as a senator for what feels like forever, Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has finally decided to hang up his hat and not run for a fourth term in 2024. In an interview with The Baltimore Sun, the 79-year-old politician revealed that he&#8217;s ready to move on to the next chapter of his life. &#8220;It&#8217;s time,&#8221; he said with a smile. &#8220;I always knew this election cycle would be the one where I&#8217;d start thinking about not running again, so it&#8217;s not like it hit me out of the blue. I&#8217;m excited to enjoy life and see what the future holds.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1797,"featured_media":1922507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[7670,20676,5922,8313,6495,4012],"class_list":["post-1922506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-ben","tag-cardin","tag-longtime","tag-reelection","tag-running","tag-senator"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1922506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}