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Schakowsky, after exploring Senate bid, will run for House again.
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| Last Edited | COSDem Jun 08, 2009 11:57am |
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| News Date | Monday, June 8, 2009 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | After exploring a Senate run, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) told me Sunday she instead will seek another term in the House.
Schakowsky had set today as her deadline for deciding whether to jump into the Democratic primary.
She told me a statewide contest "would have been very exciting," but she wanted to take advantage of "this moment in history" to use her House leadership position -- she is part of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's inner circle -- to work on pending health care and energy legislation.
While testing the waters, Schakowsky's polling pointed to her having a "strong chance" of winning a Senate race. But she said the time it would take to raise the $10 million needed for the primary and another $16 million for the general election would basically leave her absent for House committee and floor work.
In a statement to be released today, Schakowsky, an Evanston resident first elected to Congress in 1998, said the time requirements to raise the millions of dollars need to run in the Senate contest would have turned her into "a telemarketer five to six hours each day." |
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