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"Tenn. Sen . Thompson won't seek re-election"
dow jones news | 03/08/02 | dow jones

Posted on 03/08/2002 6:42:47 AM PST by ElRushbo

"Tenn. Sen . Thompson won't seek re-election


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: electionuscongress; tennessee
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senator thompson will not run for reelection, tenn. big neg. , easy win to open contested seat
1 posted on 03/08/2002 6:42:47 AM PST by ElRushbo
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To: ElRushbo
There were rumors he wouldn't run again, but he just announced it? I hope he helps the R candidate raise money, because it's a little late to be getting out of the race.
2 posted on 03/08/2002 6:44:36 AM PST by Catspaw
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To: ElRushbo
Dang, beat me by 2 minutes!
3 posted on 03/08/2002 6:44:39 AM PST by codebreaker
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To: ElRushbo
I don't like this. Unless we take the Senate back, they will stop all but liberal Supreme Court nominees.
4 posted on 03/08/2002 6:47:04 AM PST by doug from upland
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To: ElRushbo
VP running mate in '04 if Cheney decides not to run?
5 posted on 03/08/2002 6:47:40 AM PST by JMK
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To: ElRushbo
I could have sworn I heard Thompson on C-SPAN a couple of months ago announcing that he was running for reelection, despite earlier doubts and largely because of 9/11. If it is true that he changed his mind after that public announcement, I wonder what made him do it.
6 posted on 03/08/2002 6:49:36 AM PST by aristeides
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To: codebreaker
This is big news. I know he stopped fundraising after his daughter passed away last month. I wonder if her death was a factor in his decision.
7 posted on 03/08/2002 6:50:01 AM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
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To: JMK
Far as I am concerned, he mismanaged the China investigation (consistantly ceding ground to John Glenn) and was a disappointment during impeachment. Originally had high hopes for him.
8 posted on 03/08/2002 6:50:37 AM PST by drc43
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To: JMK
mmm....he definitly has the gravitas for the job.
9 posted on 03/08/2002 6:50:42 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: JMK
You win the prize for saying it first!
10 posted on 03/08/2002 6:51:11 AM PST by codebreaker
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To: ElRushbo
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee will not seek re-election, White House and Senate officials said Friday,

The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Thompsom will serve out his term, which expires next January. One Republican Senate official said the lawyer and former actor was resigning for personal reasons dealing with his family.

Thompson's daughter, Elizabeth, died Jan. 20 from a brain injury following a heart attack. She was 38.

Asked by a reporter Friday if he planned to seek re-election, Thompson replied: "I have nothing to say about that now." He indicated there would be a statement later.

11 posted on 03/08/2002 6:51:29 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: ElRushbo
This is indeed very bad news.
12 posted on 03/08/2002 6:53:06 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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07:52 PST (AP) -- Thompson, 59, had looked hard at announcing last year that he would retire from the Senate after only one term. But he announced two weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that he would seek re-election.

"Seeing all that happen and all those people looking for ways to contribute when I had one right here before me, in my lap, so to speak, it became obvious," Thompson said then. "Now is clearly not the time to leave."

Democrats now have a one-seat edge in the Senate. Three other Senate Republicans, Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, Phil Gramm of Texas and Jesse Helms of North Carolina, also have announced that this is their last year in office.

13 posted on 03/08/2002 6:53:34 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs; aristeides
I think his daughter's death is a factor in his decision. That's a tough blow to deal with, and I imagine it's hard to think about politics at such a time.
14 posted on 03/08/2002 6:53:46 AM PST by mountaineer
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To: JMK
How about Supreme Court?
15 posted on 03/08/2002 6:54:17 AM PST by codebreaker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Oh man, this is a bummer. I feel terrible about his daughter - I had not heard that before. However, does the GOP have someone running in his place? Egads, what if Gore decides to run?

Calling on Tennessee freepers - what's the skinny out there?

16 posted on 03/08/2002 6:54:29 AM PST by Wphile
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Is he up for re-election this year?

When is the primary? Who is running already?

17 posted on 03/08/2002 6:54:29 AM PST by 07055
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To: drc43
I agree. This is a case where you see so much potential for a plain speaking tell-it-like-it-is Senator (plain talk likes that) to kick some butt. And then he does so little. What a waste of good talent. Looks good in the movies. Maybe he'll go back.
18 posted on 03/08/2002 6:54:54 AM PST by plain talk
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
It sounds like his daughter's death had something to do with it. He must be in anguish. Children are not supposed to die before their parents, so when a child is lost, the pain is indescribable.
19 posted on 03/08/2002 6:54:57 AM PST by Catspaw
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To: ElRushbo
Maybe heading back to Hollywood? TV series, perhaps?
20 posted on 03/08/2002 6:58:12 AM PST by PaulJ
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