Did This UK Music Festival Devolve Into a Nazi Rally?
Watch CNN's Scott Jennings Deliver a Brutal Fact-Check That Shut Down This Guest...
Trump Body Slammed Thom Tillis Yesterday
LATEST: Senate Clears Key Procedural Vote on Trump Reconciliation Bill Outright
Here's What Senate Dems Plan to Do to Gum Up the Works for...
Here's One Issue Causing the Senate GOP to Shoot Inside the Ship
How Could Anyone Support These People?
America Wins, Cry Harder
The Dog That Never Barked
A Quick Bible Study Vol. 274: ‘Psalm Summer 2025’ Begins with Three of...
An Avalanche of Congressional Investigations Need to be Initiated or Intensified
IDF Kills Key Hamas and Hezbollah Operatives
Trump Scores Win as BBB Clears Procedural Vote Hurdle After 82-Hour Showdown
Trump Explodes on Tillis Ahead of BBB Vote, Vows to Back Primary Challenger...
JD Vance Arrives at Senate to Potentially Cast Tie-Breaking Vote on Trump's BBB
Tipsheet

Claire McCaskill Is Not Running For Governor

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon had a rough end to 2014. He pretty much botched maintaining law and order in the wake of the Ferguson grand jury decision, which decided not to charge then-Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Stores were vandalized and looted, and people’s livelihoods were destroyed. All of this with a National Guard presence, though they were mere phantoms when the rioting began.

Advertisement

Nixon is term-limited. Sen. Claire McCaskill was considering tossing her hat into the gubernatorial ring. Well, she’s come to a decision; she’ll probably run for another term as a U.S. senator (via Politico):

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill said Monday that she won’t run for governor in 2016, with the two-term Democrat instead positioning herself for a “very likely” reelection bid in 2018.

McCaskill had been considering a gubernatorial campaign, and aides maintained she was deciding what office would give her the greatest impact on Missourians, as well as how her choice might affect her family. She said she made her decision over the holidays.

“I love the work, so at the end of the day, you’ve got to decide if the job you’re thinking about going for — is it a better job than the one you have and can you do more? And frankly, I am convinced I can’t,” McCaskill told KCUR-FM, a public radio station in Kansas City.

Pressed about whether her decision was final, she said, “I will not be running for governor in 2016. That’s a firm no.” She added that she’ll begin fundraising for her 2018 reelection in earnest this year.

She did endorse current Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, who’s considering a run of his own.

Advertisement

The article added that McCaskill wishes to continue her work on combating sexual assault in the military.

McCaskill cruised to re-election in 2012 after Republican Todd Akin made some very unfortunate comments about rape and pregnancy. Yet, for a time in 2011, and parts of 2012, McCaskill was under fire for using her private plane in her travels, charging $76,000 to the taxpayers. To complicate matters, she didn’t pay personal property taxes on it, which amounted to $320,000 in penalties. The left-leaning Public Policy Polling survey from late May of 2012 had the race as a pure toss up until Akin opened his mouth.

For now, it seems as if the Democrats have their affairs in order for the 2016 and 2018 elections.

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement