GOP Presidential Staff, 1/4/19, Government
Republican Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts will
announce his retirement at a press conference in Kansas Friday afternoon, two
sources close with Roberts told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Roberts, 84, will make the announcement
around 11:15 a.m. ET in his home state, stating he will not be seeking reelection in
2020. This comes after Roberts, who has served in the Senate since 1997, told reporters
in December he would make a decision on his future plans in the Senate in 2018.
“I am announcing that I will serve the
remainder of this term. However, I will not be a candidate in 2020 for a fifth
Senate term,” Roberts said in his Friday speech.
Before serving in the Senate, Roberts
served in the Marine Corps as a captain. In 1981, he was elected to the House,
where he served for seven terms. Roberts focused on agriculture policy and is
the only lawmaker to have chaired both the House and Senate Agriculture
Committees, passing eight farm bills throughout his time in congress, and
earning the nickname “Farm Guy” from President Donald Trump, according to The
Kansas City Star.
Read more at The Daily Caller.
Republican Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts will
announce his retirement at a press conference in Kansas
Friday afternoon, two sources close with Roberts told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Roberts, 84, will make the announcement
around 11:15 a.m. ET in his home state, stating he will not be seeking reelection in
2020.
This comes after Roberts, who has
served in the Senate since 1997, told reporters in December he would make a
decision on his future plans in the Senate in 2018.
“I am announcing that I will serve the
remainder of this term. However, I will not be a candidate in 2020 for a fifth
Senate term,” Roberts said in his Friday speech.
Before serving in the Senate, Roberts served
in the Marine Corps as a captain. In 1981, he was elected to the House, where
he served for seven terms. Roberts focused
on agriculture policy and is the only lawmaker to have chaired both the House
and Senate Agriculture Committees, passing eight farm bills throughout his time
in congress, and earning the nickname “Farm Guy” from President Donald
Trump, according to The Kansas City Star.
Roberts also was Chairman of the Senate
Intelligence Committee and Senate Ethics Committee.
Multiple names are being floated as
possible options for Robert’s seat in 2020, such as the congressman from his
district, Republican Rep. Roger Marshall. Another name which has been floating
around is Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who served as a congressman from
Kansas for three terms.
Republicans will now have to fight to
secure the seat, which Roberts held for so long, if they want to keep a
majority in the Senate in 2020.
Comments
I served as a
volunteer on Pat Roberts’ 1981 Campaign Committee as liaison to Kansas
manufacturing companies. I was living in Salina Kansas and working at Rickel
Manufacturing (ag equipment). I was also serving as District Director for
Kansas for ASPA (American Society for Personnel Administration).
I first met Pat
Roberts when he spoke to the Salina Area Personnel Association. He answered all
of our questions so honestly, I was impressed.
He was working as
Chief of Staff for Kansas Republican Congressman Keith Sebelius and was running
to replace him, because Sebelius was retiring in 1981.
One of my employees at
Rickel was engaged to Pat Robert’s Campaign Manager and she asked me to join
the campaign. My job was to arrange Pat Robert’s visits to manufacturing plants
and attend his meetings with the workforce.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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