Key senators eye the exits ahead of 2022 midterms: 'It's a six-year commitment'

cnn.com ^ | 9/16/21 | Manu Raju

[cotton1706]

John Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican, is struggling with a crucial decision: Whether to ask South Dakota voters for six more years in office.

Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Senate Republican, says Iowa voters are increasingly urging him to run again, and he's now considering moving up his much-anticipated announcement about whether to extend his 40 years of service in the chamber.

Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont -- a Senate veteran of 46 years who is third in line of presidential succession -- says he'll make a decision "after I go snow-shoeing and cross-country skiing."

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, who faces a tough path to reelection in Wisconsin next year, says deciding whether to seek a third term is on the "backburner" for him. And GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who has been targeted by former President Donald Trump, has yet to explicitly say she will run again.

As the midterm election season begins to take shape, party leaders are closely watching the decisions the five senators make about their political careers, something that could reshape the body, spark internal jockeying for key leadership positions and alter the race for the next Senate majority.

[Paladin2]

Yep, this POTUS is a Zer0.

In every way.

[Reily]

Agree !

[ought-six]

“Somebody needs to take a civics class. Nazi Pelosi is 3rd in line to be Resident.”

No, she’s second:

First in line is the VP;
Second in line is the Speaker of the House;
Third in line is the President pro Temp of the Senate.

[DaiHuy]

Yes, That is what I meant. She is third after the VP is gone.

[DaiHuy]

Let me rephrase. She is the third person who can be president.

[taxcontrol]

Constitutional amendment proposal:

Members of Congress shall serve no longer that two terms in the Senate and four terms in the House of Representatives.