Democrats are praying Tim Kaine will run again, fretting over the possibility he will retire and open up another seat in what’s expected to be a tough Senate map for the party in 2024.
The Virginia Democrat and 2016 vice presidential nominee is expected to announce his political future Friday in the state capital, Richmond. While Kaine signaled he'd consult with his family, party officials are pressing him privately to run for a third term and want to take absolutely no chance in a state where Republicans won the governorship in 2021.
“I’m doing everything that a good candidate does: I have a great team, raising a lot of money,” Kaine told POLITICO in November, after the midterms. “I’ll make the final decision over the holidays.” If Kaine were to step down, it would create the state’s first open Senate seat in more than a decade. While Virginia has been a reliably blue state for Senate seats in recent years, a Kaine retirement would likely result in a crowded Democratic primary. And it would be a blow to Democrats, who need to defend seats in the red states of Ohio, West Virginia and Montana in 2024.Republicans, meanwhile, are salivating at the possibility of another open seat joining that of Sen.
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