Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin, the Democratic firebrand and constitutional law professor who led Donald Trump’s second impeachment, announced late Friday that he would forgo a run for Senate and seek reelection, citing ongoing risks to US democracy.
Raskin gave himself until July to announce his plans. He was weighing a reelection campaign against a run for the U.S. Senate. He went into remission for cancer in April.
Rep. Jamie Raskin's (D-MD) decision not to run for the open US Senate seat in Maryland is a sign that Democrats are confident in taking back the House majority.
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, a congressman from the suburbs of the nation’s capital, announced Friday he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat that is opening with the retirement of Sen. Ben Cardin.
Rep. David Trone, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Montgomery County council member Will Jawando lauded Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin after the incumbent announced Friday that he will not run to fill the Senate seat left open by retiring Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin.
Rep. Jamie Raskin announced Friday that he will not run for outgoing Sen. Ben Cardin’s Senate seat in Maryland and will instead seek re-election to his current House seat.
The Democratic lawmaker had been weighing a run for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Ben Cardin but said in a statement that he would instead seek re-election in the House.
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