Tom Vilsack Won’t Seek Iowa Senate Seat In 2014
Source: TPM
IGOR BOBIC 11:48 AM EST, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2013
Former Iowa Gov. and current U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will not seek to fill Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) seat once he steps down in 2014, the Des Moines Register reported Friday:
He will not seek the open seat, Matt Paul, a longtime Vilsack aide, told The Des Moines Register this morning.
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat, announced in late January that he intends to retire in two years after 40 years in Congress.
The Registers most recent Iowa Poll stirred up buzz about a possible Senate bid by Vilsack, a former Iowa governor who is now a member of President Barack Obamas cabinet. The poll, released the day Braley announced publicly that hes running for Harkins job, shows 56 percent of Iowans say Vilsack would be an appealing Senate candidate, while 35 percent say he wouldnt be.
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Link to Des Moines Register article:
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/02/15/breaking-vilsack-will-not-seek-u-s-senate-seat-in-2014/article?nclick_check=1
dmosh42
(2,217 posts)He managed to side with the big ag businesses all the time. Must have been a price for that!
Berlum
(7,044 posts)...one might safely conjecture...