REPORT: GOP Sen. John Thune Is Mulling Retirement

The New York Times reports:

Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the second-ranking Senate Republican and a potential future leader, is seriously considering retiring after next year, a prospect that has set off an intensifying private campaign from other Republicans urging him to seek re-election.

Mr. Thune is only 60, but a combination of family concerns and former President Donald J. Trump’s enduring grip on the Republican Party have prompted the senator, who is in his third term, to tell associates and reporters in his home state that 2022 could be his last year in Congress.

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Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Senate Republican and a potential future leader of the party, is seriously considering retiring after next year. The prospect has set off a private campaign from other Republicans urging him to run again. https://t.co/zHQT4WLIEG

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