Corker decides against reelection bid, sticks with retirement

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) will not run for reelection after reconsidering his decision last fall to retire, his chief of staff said Tuesday.

After listening to some Tennessee Republicans and GOP senators who were privately urging him to run, the two-term senator and Foreign Relations Committee chairman decided that this will be his last year as senator, said Todd Womack, Corker’s chief of staff. The move ends a period of intense speculation in Tennessee and Washington about Corker’s future and avoids what could have been an ugly primary between Corker and Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn.

“He’s always believed and served as though he were only going to be in the Senate for two terms,” Womack said in an interview. “And he was willing to listen to folks but he really believes the decision he made in September was the right one and is going to be leaving the Senate at the end of the year.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/27/corker-tennessee-senate-retirement-midterms-423573

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This remains a Toss-Up on Cook's list..

[beachbum bob]

1. this senate seat becomes a real opportunity for democrats to win against a nutbag

like Blackburn.....thank u Bob Corker

[DownriverDem]

6. Let's hope

The governor doesn't run. He's popular.

[Botany]

2. I think many republicans know that the depth and width of russian hacking/election rigging ...

.... is gonna come out.

Lock 'em up.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. And Corker sees the handwriting on the wall. nt

[turbinetree]

4. Yeah he got his pass through tax breaks.................asshole

November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

[DownriverDem]

5. A toss up?

Blackburn is bat shit crazy.

[beachbum bob]

8. could be, she really knows how to alienate people well

[Julian Englis]

7. Good n/t