Bennett Leaves Open Possibility of Write-In Candidacy

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Sen. Bob Bennett on Tuesday declined to rule out seeking re-election as a write-in candidate, indicating he would let the dust settle from his defeat over the weekend at his state’s Republican primary nominating convention.

The Utah Republican finished third in the voting of 3,500 Utah GOP delegates, thus failing to qualify for the June 22 primary ballot. Although the National Republican Senatorial Committee has already pledged to support the winner of that contest, Bennett suggested that the Senate GOP leadership supports his decision to consider running in the Nov. 2 general election as a write-in.

“I have made a decision not to make any decisions, or any announcements, for a while. So, we will let this thing settle,” Bennett told reporters, after exiting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) office at the conclusion of Tuesday’s regularly scheduled leadership team meeting. “When I tell that I have decided not to make any decisions, they all say that’s really a smart thing to do.”

Bennett is a close adviser to McConnell.

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