The “Who is running in 2020?” tea leaves thread, Part 3

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https://twitter.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1074693862856237058

Well then, I guess he's running for president, because there's no other compelling reason not to run for another term.  Also:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/south-bend-mayor-pete-buttigieg-moves-toward-presidential-run/2018/12/17/e51930a2-fe5e-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html

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A presidential announcement also might not come right away in 2019, because he has a book coming out in February, and may want to do the book tour before officially becoming a candidate.

Indiana does have a Gubernatorial Election in 2020, so he might end up running for that office instead.

Do you think it's possible that Indiana splits the ticket and votes for Trump for president and Buttigieg for governor?

If Buttgeig is the Gubernatorial nominee in 2020, it wouldn't shock me at all, but it would require a relatively weak Republican (or just someone who can easily be linked back to Mike Pence...apparently he really isn't all that popular in his home state).

I just can't see a democrat winning statewide after 2018, even 2016 there was a governor's race that democrats could have won in 2016.

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« Biden has told some that he’s running » and could even announce on January 15.

https://politicalwire.com/2019/01/12/biden-has-told-some-hes-running/

So that is official but he will just officially announce later in January or in early February.

Ugh.

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I like how so many people here are opposed to Brown seeking the Presidency instead of keeping his seat in Ohio, but no-one is complaining about the idea of the Democrats' best candidate in Texas running for President and not the Senate. Not inconsistent at all...

Because people on here are politico-reading morons

I'd much, much rather prefer Beto to run for. Senate in 2020

it's a legitimate concern that Brown is the only one that can keep that seat when he is the only person to win state wide in Ohio in 2018 and the only democrat to win statewide since 2012. But Texas is completely different from Ohio because instead of moving away from the democrats, it is moving towards so there is more room for other democrats to run against cornyn.

[Lognog]

Not to be rude, but can we keep this thread on topic?  It's for news about potential candidates. 

Thank you

[Lognog]

Is there any chance Beto announces he's running tomorrow during his interview with Oprah?

There's a better chance that he officially says he's out.

[Lognog]

Thank god hickenlooper isn’t going to be in the senate