Pompeo Weighing Kansas Senate Bid in 2020, Source Says
Source: Bloomberg
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is weighing a 2020 bid for the Kansas Senate seat that will open with the planned retirement of fellow Republican Pat Roberts, according to a person familiar with his thinking.
Pompeo met in recent days with Republican political strategist Ward Baker and spoke by phone with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell about the possibility, according to the person, who asked not to be identified because Pompeo hasn’t spoken publicly about the possibility.
Asked about Pompeo’s plans, State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said the secretary was “focused on serving the president and protecting the American people as secretary of state.” A McConnell spokesman and Baker’s office didn’t immediately return emails seeking comment on Pompeo’s potential candidacy, which Politico reported earlier.
Pompeo, who represented the Wichita area in the House of Representatives for six years before becoming President Donald Trump’s CIA director in 2017, has made no secret about his ambitions for higher office in the past, even at the risk of upsetting members of his own party.
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