Posted on 02/05/2021 2:42:06 PM PST by RandFan
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, the Senate’s fourth most senior member, has told confidantes that he does not intend to run for reelection next year — prompting some Republicans to urge the powerful, establishment politician to reconsider, even as potential replacements prepare to run for his seat.
The senator in recent weeks told one close Alabama ally that he was not planning on running in 2022 for what would be his seventh term, according to the ally, who was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The person said some in the state were still trying to get Shelby to change his mind out of concern about losing clout and worries that the senator might be replaced by a fringe candidate who would not be as effective.
A titan of Alabama politics, the 86-year-old politician has spent 42 years in Washington, serving first in the House and the Senate. His stepping down would leave a power void for the region. It would also set off a free-for-all primary in a national party deeply divided between traditional Republicans like Shelby and those who model themselves on former President Donald Trump.
Shelby will announce his decision “in the next few weeks,” spokeswoman Blair Taylor said earlier this week.
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Good. Glad to see him go. I wonder who Mitch McConnell will pick as his replacement.
Ditch looks to have a tough row to hoe in 2022.
Plently-o-RINO seats in play.
The Base may not buy what he is sellin’ anymore.
DMD13 wrote: “I would like to see Mo Brooks.”
Works for me.
In related news, Madame Chuck-A-Rama Abrams and Andrew Yang are suddenly extolling what a wonderful state Alabama would be for Democrats to live in.
I'm in Alabama too.
I'll vote for whoever is endorsed by Trump. If Trump does not endorse anyone, I'll not vote!
I'm done with these POS Republicans.
Overstayed his welcome by decades. Should never have defeated Admiral Jeremiah Denton for reelection in 1986. Sabotaged Chief Justice Roy Moore’s run in 2017 in favor of Demonrat Jones.
Mo Brooks sounds good to succeed him, BUT, he’ll turn 69 3 months into the start of the 2023 term. The question is whether he wants to serve a single term or not. The Senate is the body where you have to really acquire seniority in order to get power, and he won’t do that in a single 6-year term.
Ideally, getting a young, hard-charging Trump Conservative in there is the best. Way too many old folks in the Senate ruining the country.
Where in the hell has he EVER been?
He capitulated to BLM. Heck NO!
Not Larry Brooks or Curly Brooks . . . ?
Moe Brooks, it is YOUR time ...
For goodness sake, let the man retire in peace so he can enjoy the me time he has earned. Alabama has plenty of time to find a suitable candidate. Why do we have to keep electing people simply because they are a warm body Republican?
He has an office in the Huntsville airport. I’ve never seen it occupied.
There was a Republican Senator from Illinois called Curly Brooks.
More Bush League dead wood.
If true, NO to Judge Roy Moore.
Mel Brooks
Woo, woo, woo, woo... Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk...
Sorry... MO.
Jeff Sessions was a GREAT senator and a PIT BULL on immigration!!!
“A titan of Alabama politics, the 86-year-old politician has spent 42 years in Washington,”
He needs to go! And take the rest of the long haulers with him.
Time to get the Mo Brooks train cranked up and runnin'!
GMTA
He’s demonstrated that he’s not as good a poker player as he’s led pres Trump and the senators supporting him to believe-he’s been outed as a sellout-I’d love seeing someone primary him-like a real conservative-pull his snout out of the DC trough and send him home...
One of our Texas senators needs a primary boot in his ass, too-Cornyn-another RINO who has been in DC too long...
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