Missouri GOP Sen. Roy Blunt will not seek reelection in 2022 [View all]
Source: Washington Post
Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri will not seek reelection in 2022, the fifth GOP incumbent senator to announce retirement since the beginning of the year. “After 14 General Election victories -- three to county office, seven to the United States House of Representatives, and four statewide elections -- I won’t be a candidate for reelection to the United States Senate next year,” Blunt said in a videotaped statement.
Blunt joined the Senate in 2010 after serving in the House for 14 years, six of which he spent in leadership as the Republican Whip.
Blunt’s decision to leave Congress after more than two decades come on the heels of Sens. Richard Shelby of Alabama, Rob Portman of Ohio, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Richard Burr of North Carolina all announcing their retirements.
The 71-year-old lawmaker did not say explicitly why he was leaving after his term is up next year. “There is still a lot to do, and I look forward to every day this year and next year as I continue to work for you in the Senate,“ Blunt said. "Another lesson I learned here: FINISH STRONG, and I intend to.“
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I had a feeling...
ETA - having watched the Senate Rules & Administration stuff recently (and they were instrumental in managing that Inauguration), I had noticed a certain rare camaraderie between Klobachar and Blunt and also noted that despite being an "old school" GOP conservative, Blunt seemed to try to keep his distance from the fray including having to deal with his junior colleague and Insurrectionist-in-Chief, Hawley.
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