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  • Sen. Byrd ‘inclined to run’ for re-election

    03/19/2005 10:40:32 AM PST · by Crackingham · 30 replies · 888+ views
    The Herald-Dispatch ^ | March 17, 2005 | Raju Chebium
    Sen. Robert Byrd said Wednesday he’s "inclined to run" next year for the Senate seat he’s held since 1959. "I’m inclined to run, but I’m not making any announcement today," said Byrd, who has spent 52 years in Congress, longer than anyone currently serving. "I’m studying about it, thinking about it, talking about it with my friends and people in West Virginia." Byrd, 87, long has been considered virtually unbeatable in West Virginia, a state to which he has directed billions of dollars in federal money. The eight-term senator has been Senate majority leader and the chairman of the check-writing...