Corker, Portman and Rubio will not compaign for the GOP this fall

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/985878020291465216

[Rhenna]

I thought it was tradition for Senators not to campaign against the other Senators from their state, so I'm not surprised about Portman and Rubio, and I can't blame Corker for refusing to campaign for Blackburn.

[PragmaticPopulist]

Corker makes sense, as does Portman (somewhat), but Rubio sticks out as the odd one. I understand that he might not campaign against his senate colleague, Nelson, but I would think he would campaign for the R nominee from governor of Florida, as well as for house races and some out-of-state races.

[Sir Mohamed]

Nah, I believe Rubio will campaign for Rick Scott, Adam Putnam (if nominated) and other down-ballot FL GOPers.

[KingSweden]

Corker makes sense, as does Portman (somewhat), but Rubio sticks out as the odd one. I understand that he might not campaign against his senate colleague, Nelson, but I would think he would campaign for the R nominee from governor of Florida, as well as for house races and some out-of-state races.

I’m sure he’ll campaign for Putnam/DeSantis.

[Gass3268]

Corker makes sense, as does Portman (somewhat), but Rubio sticks out as the odd one. I understand that he might not campaign against his senate colleague, Nelson, but I would think he would campaign for the R nominee from governor of Florida, as well as for house races and some out-of-state races.

I’m sure he’ll campaign for Putnam/DeSantis.

There is some bad blood between Scott and Rubio, plus he claims to have a good working relationship with Nelson.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Uh, this is pretty common. While a D-R pair of Senators for a state will often endorse each other's opponents, actively campaigning against each other is rare.

[UWS]

In fact, they are campaigning for the GOP but they are not campaigning against their state’s GOP senatorial candidates’ Democratic opponents. This is like when John McCain enthusiastically campaigned for Bush’s 2004 successful re-election campaign without speaking out against John Kerry with whom he has strong friendship.

[socaldem]

Corker stands out in that it is refusing to campaign for a Republican successor for his seat.

I could see Corker openly endorse and campaign for Bredesen, especially after the inevitable gaffe from Marsha Blackburn.

[Senator Cris]

If I'm not wrong, it's the same thing that happened with Mark Kirk in the 2014 Illinois Senate race (Durbin running).

[Landslide Lyndon]

Scott supported Trump in 2016, even in the run up to the Florida primary, so it's expected for Rubio to refuse to campaign and even make a point by publicly declaring how much he enjoys working with Nelson.
Corker and Bredesen were quite close from the days when the former was Chattanooga mayor and I doubt that Corker feels much affinity towards a conservative firebreather like Blackburn.

[Alabama_Indy10]

Uh, this is pretty common. While a D-R pair of Senators for a state will often endorse each other's opponents, actively campaigning against each other is rare.