Republicans still waiting on Pompeo in Kansas Senate race

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'Either Mike is testing the waters or he's just really messing with people back here for fun.' Some Kansas Republicans aren't convinced U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has ruled out running for Senate.

last year to Democrat Laura Kelly. Some in the party are afraid he’ll again tap a conservative base, emerge from a crowded primary, alienate moderate voters and lose an otherwise safe seat that Republicans likely need to maintain their narrow Senate majority.

Sheila Burke, a former chief of staff to former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, a Kansas Republican, acknowledged that the Senate is a “smaller universe” than the secretary of state’s office and offers “less ability to command.” But, she said, it does provide a platform to address important issues and Pompeo would have unique expertise.

“Either Mike is testing the waters or he’s just really messing with people back here for fun,” said Kelly Arnold, a former Kansas Republican Party chairman. “A lot of these donors are sitting on their checkbooks waiting to see what Mike does.”

 

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What was he before Sec of State? I thought he was a Senator.

Pompeo is having too much fun lying and being a Bully and trying to overthrow Governments to be bothered by a Senate run

I'm sure mike is waiting for trump to tell him what to do. Trump needs the senate more than he does a secretary of state

Kansas is turning blue. People are smart in Kansas. They are paying attention. I’m paying attention to that. Give them credit.

He couldn't run a bath.

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