Longtime Dem Senator Not Seeking Re-Election
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Dem Senator Ben Cardin has announced he is not seeking re-election.
No one has announced a bid to replace him yet.
Rep. Jamie Raskin and RINO former Governor Larry Hogan are names that have been mentioned as potential people who will seek the seat.
Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland won’t seek reelection in 2024, opening a rare U.S. Senate seat in the state that neighbors Washington, D.C.
“I am proud of all I have done for Maryland,” Cardin said in a statement. “I have given my heart and soul to our great state, and I thank Marylanders for trusting me as your representative for all these years. … I have run my last election and will not be on the ballot in 2024, but there is still much work to be done.”
Cardin, 79, has spent most of his adult life in politics, and first joined the U.S. Senate in 2007. He joined the U.S. House in 1987, and before that, he was the speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates.
No one has announced a bid to replace Cardin yet, although all eyes will be on Rep. Jamie Raskin, who gained prominence during former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trials and just completed chemotherapy for cancer. Raskin has a preliminary diagnosis of being “in remission” from lymphoma with a 90% prognosis of no relapse, he says.
The spokesperson for the National Republican Senatorial Committee said, “Democrats are quickly realizing that the Senate won’t be any fun for them when Republicans retake the majority in 2024.”
“Democrats are quickly realizing that the Senate won’t be any fun for them when Republicans retake the majority in 2024,” National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesperson, Tate Mitchell, told Fox News.
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