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Sen. Coats will not seek reelection in 2016 won t endorse - Howey Politics
This is Senator Coat's 2nd tour of duty as a Senator. He was also George W. Bush (43)'s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany during the President's first term. I've met Sen. Coats and his wife and I liked him very much. His family tree and mine, they intersect each other as well.
Going on 80, the guy has earned retirement.
Whether or not this make that seat competitive in any way at all remains to be seen. Indiana is a pretty red state on most all levels.
FYI.
U.S. Sen. Dan Coats will not seek another term in 2016. Coats told Howey Politics Indiana late this morning, “It has nothing to do with a terribly dysfunctional Senate. It is related to the fact that I had to face the reality of age. There is a seven in front of the next digit. After a campaign and six more years in the Senate, I would be four months shy of 80 years old.
“There is almost a responsibility to turn it over the responsibility to the next generation,” Coats told HPI late this morning. ”I will also have the privilege of not having to go around the country raising money."
Coats said that by not seeking reelection, he will have time to address issues “that will take a long time to address, whether it is the terrorism issue or the debt issue.”
Coats told HPI that he will not make an endorsement for the Republican nomination, though he said he has been encouraging his chief of staff, former Indiana Republican Chairman Eric Holcomb “to seek elective office.
This is Senator Coat's 2nd tour of duty as a Senator. He was also George W. Bush (43)'s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany during the President's first term. I've met Sen. Coats and his wife and I liked him very much. His family tree and mine, they intersect each other as well.
Going on 80, the guy has earned retirement.
Whether or not this make that seat competitive in any way at all remains to be seen. Indiana is a pretty red state on most all levels.
FYI.