NY-02: Peter King ponders his future.
Will his daughter’s big move lead Rep. Peter King to make a change of his own?
As of now… no.
But Hempstead Town Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney’s announcement that she’s not running for reelection and is moving to North Carolina for family reasons is “really a dramatic change” for King and his wife, Rosemary, the congressman said.
Will his daughter’s move shift King’s thinking in terms of his plans to run for Congress again in 2020?
“Right now, I fully intend to run for reelection,” King told The Point, noting that he is holding a campaign fundraiser Saturday afternoon.
“This is all just part of a new world for me,” King added, injecting just a bit of doubt about another run. “I’ll have to think everything over.”
Observers have long speculated that King Sweeney might run for her dad’s seat once he was ready to retire. King, however, told The Point that was never part of their plans.
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