McConnell Ally Roy Blunt Opts Against Re-Election Run Bloomberg 3/8/2021 Laura Litvan
(Bloomberg) Missouri GOP Senator Roy Blunt said Monday he won’t seek a third term in the 2022 election, bringing to five the number of Republicans who aren’t seeking re-election next year as the party tries to regain control of the Senate.
Blunt, 71, is a member of the Republican leadership team in the Senate and a close ally of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
“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 re-election to the United States Senate next year,” Blunt said in a video statement.
Another Republican senator announced his retirement ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Missouri Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), first elected to the upper chamber in 2010, ruled out running for reelection
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