{"id":825073,"date":"2021-09-28T18:59:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T22:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=825073"},"modified":"2021-09-28T18:59:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T22:59:54","slug":"4-senators-still-undecided-about-future-in-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-senators-still-undecided-about-future-in-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"4 senators still undecided about future in Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2F4-senators-still-undecided-about-future-in-senate%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=825073&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 id=\"attachment_2533283\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2533283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Senate floor is seen inside the State Capitol in Albany, New York. (Photo by Daniel Barry\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:00 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, September 28, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>34 Senate seats have been up for election in the November 2022 midterms. Only four incumbents have not confirmed if they planned to run or not.<\/p>\n<p>Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy (D) has been serving in the Senate since his first election in 1974. In his eighth term, Leahy was the first ever Democrat to win a Senate seat from Vermont as he won in the Democrat wave after Watergate and President Richard Nixon\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>Leahy is the most senior member of the Senate currently sitting. If he was to be reelected and served a full ninth term, he would overtake West Virginia Democrat Sen. Robert Byrd as the longest serving senator in history.<\/p>\n<p>With the heavy weight of history behind him, the 81-year-old has yet to say if he planned run or not and wouldn\u2019t do so until within a year of the election.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reporter: \u201cHave you even made a decision if you\u2019ll even be a candidate? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Leahy: \u201cYou know, I always make those decisions never more than a year before the election.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2533270\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2533270\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2533270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1197631790-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) leaves the Senate floor in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2533270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) leaves the Senate floor in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The number two Republican in the Senate, Sen. John Thune (S.D.), has served in the Senate since the 2004 election. His first election saw him take down Democrat Minority Leader Tom Daschle (S.D.) in one of the year\u2019s closest Senate races.<\/p>\n<p>A heavyweight himself, Thune has been standing in line behind the current Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.). While Thune has not officially confirmed if he would run, as he faced a long shot primary challenge from his right, he has been out fundraising and was likely to run to for the seat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re gonna run a campaign, you\u2019ve got to raise money. You\u2019ve got to get out and about,\u201d he explained. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to keep a sort of, you know, busy schedule. We\u2019re doing that, but the best thing in my view is to just to keep doing the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Wisconsin, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson was first elected in the Tea Party wave of 2010 to oppose Obamacare.&nbsp;A late entrant into his first race, the senator has remained notoriously aloof in his campaign decisions until late in the game.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2533282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2533282\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2533282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235401553-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2533282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Johnson has not confirmed if he would retire, although he has recently hinted he may not go for a third term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to make sure that this U.S. Senate seat is retained in Republican hands,\u201d he stated. \u201cI mean, you see what the media\u2019s doing to me. I may not be the best candidate. So, I mean, I wouldn\u2019t run if I don\u2019t think I could win, if I didn\u2019t think I was the best person to be able to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Alaska, anti-Trump Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski has served since being appointed by her father, the governor of the state, to replace him in the body. She was elected in her own right just two years later<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski was primaried from her right in 2010, but ran a successful write in campaign to squeak by and hold onto to her seat. Reminiscent of then, the senator has already been faced with a primary challenger backed by the state GOP branch for 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019m doing right now, I haven\u2019t made any announcement,\u201d she expressed. \u201c\u2026I\u2019m not going to make an announcement today, so sorry to disappoint, but what I\u2019m doing is basically what Alaskans asked me to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Murkowski did decide to run for reelection, polls have shown her squeaking by once again due to Alaska\u2019s new ranked choice voting system.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS45?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS45<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisamurkowski?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lisamurkowski<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She\u2019s the best friend Washington Democrats ever had\u2014and Alaska\u2019s reward for that betrayal is an empowered Left coming after their wealth and jobs. I think she will be met very harshly by the Alaska voters in 15 months\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FULL STATEMENT: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F9NsdxOk4X\">pic.twitter.com\/F9NsdxOk4X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Natalie Harp (@NatalieJHarp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatalieJHarp\/status\/1402041439949754381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/calif-makes-universal-mail-in-voting-permanent\/\">Calif. Makes Universal Mail-In Voting Permanent<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate floor is seen inside the State Capitol in Albany, New York. 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