Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., announced Friday night that he will not run for the open U.S. Senate seat in Maryland in 2024, which is held by Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md.
Raskin, who served as the lead impeachment officer in former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, said he will run for re-election to the House of Representatives.
“Right now, I believe the best way for me to make the biggest difference in American politics in 2024 and beyond is this: running for re-election to the House of Representatives in the extraordinary 8th district of Maryland,” Raskin said in a statement. . “Mobilize thousands of Democracy Summer Fellows and raise millions of dollars and everyone’s spirit to strengthen and build Democratic majorities in the House and Senate.
“I am deeply grateful not only to those who have encouraged me on this exciting journey, but also to those across Maryland who have strongly encouraged me to run for the United States Senate seat that Senator Ben Cardin will leave vacant”.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic hearing in Washington, DC, on March 8, 2023. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Raskin went into remission in April after completing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
“On Tuesday I thanked the nurses, doctors and pharmacists at @MedStarGUH who serve with splendid kindness and saved my life for 5 months. I finished 6 rounds of 5-day chemotherapy sessions, which they arranged so that I would not have of losing votes or audiences, and I rang the bell! A new chapter begins,” Raskin wrote in an April tweet.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during a Select Committee hearing to investigate the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 12, 2022. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Raskin said that “if it were normal times,” he would be “very confident” he would run for the senate.
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U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., listens during a committee meeting investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol at the Cannon House office building on Capitol Hill on Oct. 19, 2021 in Washington, DC (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
“But these are not normal times, and we are still in the fight of our lives for democratic institutions, freedom and basic social progress in America, as well as human rights and opportunities for people around the world “, he said.
“If I had two political careers, I would like to devote one to the year-and-a-half campaign for Senate, a prospect that remains alluring to me because of my deep love for our state and the incredible people who live in it. Even I would be open to restarting my political career as the 99th or 100th senator at the bottom of a new institution.”
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