Jay Inslee, a fellow Democrat who almost managed to topple him in a truly expensive 2020 contest. Mark Mullet said Thursday that he’d enter the top-two primary to replace retiring Gov. Why not a first baseman?” The only campaign Garvey has undertaken so far, though, is a so far unsuccessful effort to join the Hall of Fame. In 1988 he again expressed interest in running for office sometime early in the next decade, remarking, “We’ve had an actor in the White House. Garvey, the story notes, also talked about running for the Senate in 1981 back when the state was far from the dark blue bastion it is now, and he also showed some interest in eventually succeeding fellow Californian Ronald Reagan as president. Mehta writes that, while Garvey knows he’d be a longshot, he wants to give his party “a prominent name at the top of the ballot.” “We should have a decision made here in the next few weeks,” party strategist Andy Gharakhani told the Los Angeles Times’ Seema Mehta about the 1974 National League MVP. While he said in April he was currently supporting Lamb, Time reports he’s now told people he could run against Lake if there’s no real alternative to Lake.ĬA-Sen: An advisor for former Major League Baseball player Steve Garvey, who was part of the rosters of both the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres in a career that ended in 1987, says he’s considering running as a Republican in next year’s top-two primary. Wealthy businessman Jim Lamon, who lost last year’s primary to Masters, meanwhile is sending out mixed messages about his interest in another try. Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb currently has the GOP side to himself, but Cortellessa adds that even conservatives who respect him still doubt he could beat Lake. Democrats would absolutely love a Masters reprise, though the article adds that unnamed state Republicans “have been impressed with Masters’ introspection” since his 51-45 loss to Sen. Blake Masters, who was one of the party’s worst Senate candidates from last cycle, reportedly doesn’t want to take on Lake, but Cortellessa writes that he’s not content to wait her out.

Katie Hobbs and readying a nationwide tour to promote her memoir, and Cortellessa says her delay has made other would-be GOP contenders restless. Lake, for now, is devoting her attention to spreading more lies about her 2022 loss to actual-Gov.

But I really do think 99% is a very fair number.” This Senate seat is held by Democrat-turned-independent Kyrsten Sinema, who also hasn’t revealed her plans. As for how likely she is to eventually announce she’s in, one of her former staffers says, “I wouldn’t say 100%.

Kari Lake will seek the Republican nomination for Senate, as Time’s Eric Cortellessa writes that she now plans to decide in September or October. Ben McAdams, who represented the 4th District from 2019 to 2021 under the previous map, didn’t quite reject the idea of a comeback, though he told the Tribune he was unlikely to do it now.įinally, unnamed allies of independent Evan McMullin, who unsuccessfully challenged Lee last year in the general election, tell the paper he’s “being encouraged to run.”ĪZ-Sen: It seems we’re doomed to months more of waiting to see if not-Gov. In the no column are Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs, who is challenging Sen.

Davis County Commissioner Bob Stevenson.The paper also mentions a few others as possibilities: Republican National Committeeman Bruce Hough.The Tribune and KUTV also reported a few others are considering: Mike Lee 62-30, told KSLN that “I intend to run,” while Weiler disclosed to Fox 13 on Wednesday his own decision would come “in the next couple of days.” Salt Lake County Council member Aimee Winder NewtonĮdwards, who lost last year’s GOP primary to Sen.Washington County Commissioner Adam Snow.Ī few people have already expressed interest in running to the Salt Lake Tribune, KSLN, or Fox 13 : Chris Stewart tells Roll Call he’ll probably make his resignation official sometime in September, saying, “We’re trying to work out the best date for the state and also we want to help with appropriations bills and get some work finished here.” Stewart’s would-be GOP successors, though, are already expressing interest in running to succeed him in the upcoming special election for a gerrymandered seat that Donald Trump took 57-40.

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