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RandySF

(86,193 posts)
Thu May 29, 2025, 02:29 PM May 2025

WI-SEN: Ron Johnson suggests he might not run for reelection

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) suggested Wednesday that he might not run for reelection in 2028, hinting at a potential race for an open Senate seat in a notable battleground state in a few years.

“I learned in my second run, when I absolutely meant ‘second and final,’ you can’t say never, never, OK?” Johnson said during a Milwaukee Press Club event Wednesday when asked about a 2028 run.

“I don’t want to,” he added. “Yeah, I’d like to dig my heels in now, set this nation on a sustainable course and then go home.”

In the 2022 midterms, Johnson narrowly won over his Democratic opponent Mandela Barnes. Johnson’s race had been seen as a chance for Democrats to take down a sitting Senate Republican in a state former President Biden had won by a tight margin two years prior.


https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5323023-ron-johnson-suggests-not-running-reelection/

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WI-SEN: Ron Johnson suggests he might not run for reelection (Original Post) RandySF May 2025 OP
Well, maybe he isn't the dumbest senator after all Attilatheblond May 2025 #1
Oh please please please please please please please please please please please please please please milestogo May 2025 #2
They're all in competition, but Ted Cruz might take the cake! Omnipresent May 2025 #4
No Shit!!! Be The Light May 2025 #5
He needs to run...... Traildogbob May 2025 #3

Attilatheblond

(9,223 posts)
1. Well, maybe he isn't the dumbest senator after all
Thu May 29, 2025, 02:32 PM
May 2025

He sees the writing on the wall and knows his joy ride is coming to an end. Time to take his money and go away.

milestogo

(23,200 posts)
2. Oh please please please please please please please please please please please please please please
Thu May 29, 2025, 02:33 PM
May 2025

Just go away right now. You are the most completely useless elected official in the history of the United States. After Dear Leader, of course.

Traildogbob

(13,160 posts)
3. He needs to run......
Thu May 29, 2025, 02:36 PM
May 2025

Faster than Hawley to escape the law and Justice, if any exists any more.

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