Raskin, who disclosed a cancer diagnosis in December, said he has gotten a "clean bill of health" and is in remission following his treatment and "waiting for my hair and my eyelashes and everything to come back." "It's totally based on the experience I have had trying to defend our democracy and our freedom and the Bill of Rights against the Trump movement, which I think is such a danger." "We have got awesome political leaders in Maryland, and I would not run against anybody else," Raskin said. I have talked to all of my colleagues about it." Asked by Bash if that would affect his decision to run, Raskin said: "Steny Hoyer is my friend, and so I have talked to him. David Trone, Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando.įormer House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer, the senior member of the Maryland congressional delegation, endorsed Alsobrooks last week. The field of Democrats looking to succeed him in deep-blue Maryland already includes US Rep. "I'm hoping, before the Fourth of July, I will have an answer for everybody," said Raskin.Ĭardin announced last month that he would not seek reelection in 2024 after three terms in the Senate. A lot of people are encouraging me to check it out." But, as some of my House colleagues have pointed out, these Senate seats only open up every 25 or 30 years. "I love the House of Representatives, I love the people I serve with, and I love being in the People's House. "I have not decided," Raskin told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union" when asked if he would seek the seat of retiring Democratic Sen.
Jamie Raskin of Maryland said Sunday that he is "seriously considering" a bid for Senate and expects to announce a decision before July 4. Jamie Raskin will decide on Senate run 'before the Fourth of July' 00:55 Montgomery County council member Will Jawando also is running.Maryland Rep. David Trone and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks have announced candidacies for the Democratic primary for the Senate seat. He previously battled colorectal cancer in 2010.
It was the second time Raskin had been diagnosed with cancer.
Raskin, 60, announced in April that he had completed chemotherapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with a 90% prognosis of no relapse and that his cancer was in remission. “But these are not normal times and we are still in the fight of our lives for democratic institutions, freedom and basic social progress in America as well as human rights and opportunity for people all over the world,” Raskin said. Raskin said in the statement that “if these were normal times, I am pretty sure that this is what I would be announcing now.” “At this moment, I believe the best way for me to make the greatest difference in American politics in 2024 and beyond is this: to run for reelection to the House of Representatives in Maryland’s extraordinary 8th District,” Raskin said. Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee who is in his fourth term, had been weighing a run for the rarely open Senate seat but said in a statement that he would instead seek reelection in the House. Senate seat that is opening with the retirement of Sen. 6, 2021, insurrection, announced Friday he will not run for the U.S. Jamie Raskin, who played a leading role in recent years as House Democrats twice impeached then-President Donald Trump and investigated Trump’s role in the Jan.
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