{"id":200236,"date":"2021-03-08T14:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=200236"},"modified":"2021-03-08T14:00:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:00:34","slug":"gop-senator-roy-blunt-says-he-wont-run-for-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-roy-blunt-says-he-wont-run-for-re-election\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator Roy Blunt Says He Won\u2019t Run for Re-Election"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fgop-senator-roy-blunt-says-he-wont-run-for-re-election%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=200236&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1068503196.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri announced Monday that he will not seek re-election to the Senate next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 14 general election victories \u2014 three to county office, seven to the United States House of Representatives, and four statewide elections \u2014 I won\u2019t be a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate next year,\u201d Blunt said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyBlunt\/status\/1368941950989176834\">video<\/a> message posted to his Twitter account. \u201cI want to thank my family and thank the great team that came together to help me work for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost importantly, thanks to Missourians, whether you voted for me or not, for the opportunity to work for you and a better future for our state and our country. There\u2019s still a lot to do, and I look forward to every day this year and next year as I continue to work for you in the Senate,\u201d he added. \u201cAnother lesson I learned here: Finish strong, and I intend to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blunt was first elected to the Senate in 2010 and is finishing out his second term. Prior to that, he represented Missouri in the House for 14 years, where he was a member of House GOP leadership, serving as Republican whip for six years. Blunt also served briefly as acting majority leader when then-leader Rep. Tom DeLay was indicted on felony charges involving campaign finance and resigned temporarily. Before being elected to national office, Blunt served as Missouri secretary of state for eight years.<\/p>\n<p>The Missouri native\u2019s decision not to run in 2022 means Republicans hoping to take back the Senate next year lose yet another key incumbent. Four other GOP senators, Richard Shelby of Alabama, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, and Rob Portman of Ohio have also announced in recent months that they will not seek re-election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was not an easy decision because representing the people of Ohio has been an honor,\u201d Portman said in a statement in January announcing his decision. \u201cBut I\u2019ve been doing this a long time, longer than I ever intended.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toomey, who also served in the House before his election to the Senate in 2010, cited wanting to spend more time at home as a factor in his decision not to run again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepresenting the people of Pennsylvania \u2014 this big, beautiful, complicated diverse state \u2014 has been an extraordinary, amazing honor, it still is, and it\u2019s been by far the highlight of my professional life,\u201d he said when he made his announcement in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to more time back at home,\u201d Toomey added.<\/p>\n<p>Burr and Toomey were two of seven GOP senators to vote in favor of impeaching former President Trump during his second impeachment trial in January.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate is currently split 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats after both Democratic senatorial candidates in Georgia won their runoff elections in early January. In the event of a tie, Vice President Kamala Harris casts the deciding vote on legislation, effectively giving Democrats a razor-thin majority if all their members vote as a bloc.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri announced Monday that he will not seek re-election to the Senate next year. \u201cAfter 14 general election victories \u2014 three to county office, seven &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310287,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1068503196.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"GOP Senator Roy Blunt Says He Won\u2019t Run for Re-Election","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1068503196.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"GOP Senator Roy Blunt Says He Won\u2019t Run for Re-Election","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200236","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}