GOP's Cramer won't run for ND Senate

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), who was considered a top candidate for the Senate, announced on Thursday that he won’t run against Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) in 2018.

Cramer told North Dakota KFYR in an interview Thursday morning that he won’t mount a bid. The North Dakota Republican had previously met with President Trump, who was urging him to run.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/368483-gops-cramer-wont-run-for-nd-senate

[PragmaticDem]

1. Great news!

[Qanisqineq]

2. Good

He's an ass. Not that Heitkamp is the greatest.

[DURHAM D]

3. Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., is facing reports...

Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., is facing reports that he is using campaign funds to pay himself and his family, but the congressman says he's not doing anything wrong.

http://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Rep-Kevin-Cramers-campaign-fund-use-comes-into-question-468511683.html

[riversedge]

6. His family benefits a lot it seems.

[bluestarone]

4. great but

i'll believe it in the fall.He's a Repub and i can't believe what they say or do

[riversedge]

5. ..Trump had publicly urged Cramer to jump into the Senate race. The two met in early January where C

.......Trump had publicly urged Cramer to jump into the Senate race. The two met in early January where Cramer said the president made a “persuasive case” to him. Cramer flew on Air Force One with Trump and the congressman was seen as a strong proponent of Trump’s agenda.

Cramer boasts a prominent name in North Dakota politics. As the only member of the state’s congressional delegation since 2013, he enjoys statewide name recognition, which would be a big asset running in a Senate race.

But Cramer’s past controversial remarks could have hampered a potential Senate bid.

He faced backlash last year when he said that there’s some “validity” to former White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s comments that Adolf Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons. Cramer also took heat when he said that the Democratic female lawmakers wearing white to Trump’s address early last year were “poorly dressed.”............................


http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/368483-gops-cramer-wont-run-for-nd-senate

[cntrfthrs]

7. cramers a racist pig...

cut from the same cloth as trump....

[L. Coyote]

8. She would kick his ass.