TN-Sen- Could Breseden run?

[Bidenworth2020]

discuss, btw i made this because i was looking at his approvals when leaving office and they were close to 80%

[McGovernForPrez]

He seems too old to be willing to go for a run at this point.

[GeorgiaModerate]

He seems too old to be willing to go for a run at this point.

Probably true, he'll be 74 this year.  (Note: it's Bredesen, not Breseden.)

[Meatball Ron]

If he wanted to run for something, why wouldn't he run for Governor again? Term limits there aren't absolute; they reset after four years. Running for a state office in an open race seems like a much better bet than running for national office against a reasonably entrenched incumbent.

Edit: I guess the Dems have two strong candidates in that race already. But, if Bredesen seriously wanted to run (which I highly doubt; speaking entirely as a hypothetical here), I feel like they'd step aside for him or switch to the Senate race.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

No.

[Cynthia]

No. There are younger former U.S. Reps. from TN that can run but they are unlikely to move from their prestigious, high-paying law firm positions.

Also first term senators rarely go above 65, let alone 73.

[TheLeftwardTide]

He would've ran in 2012.

[cvparty]

nope

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

No. There are younger former U.S. Reps. from TN that can run but they are unlikely to move from their prestigious, high-paying law firm positions.

Also first term senators rarely go above 65, let alone 73.

Yes, just look at Ted Strickland's run.

[BuckeyeNut]

No. There are younger former U.S. Reps. from TN that can run but they are unlikely to move from their prestigious, high-paying law firm positions.

Also first term senators rarely go above 65, let alone 73.

Yes, just look at Ted Strickland's run.

Yeah. Strickland would have been the oldest, elected Freshman in Senate history.