Jamie Raskin’s Resolution Not To Run For Senate Is A Good Signal For Home Democrats

Rep. Jamie Raskin’s (D-MD) determination to not run for the open US Senate seat in Maryland signifies that Democrats are assured in taking again the Home majority.

Rep. Raskin announced his decision to run for reelection in a statement:

The place can I finest serve on this momentous nationwide battle to defend constitutional democracy and nationwide progress? That is the query I’ve confronted as I contemplate how finest to advance the pursuits and values of our beloved Maryland whereas working to safeguard our future as a democratic nation.

The occasions have discovered us, as Tom Paine stated, and there’s no escaping the duty now we have in workplace no longer simply to the particular individuals and communities we signify however to the complete nation.

At this second, I imagine one of the simplest ways for me to make the best distinction in American politics in 2024 and past is that this: to run for reelection to the Home of Representatives in Maryland’s extraordinary eighth District; and to mobilize 1000’s of Democracy Summer season Fellows and lift tens of millions of {dollars} and everybody’s spirit to fortify and construct up Democratic majorities within the Home and Senate; and to go wherever in America the place President Biden, Democratic Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries and different People ask me to go to marketing campaign for a runaway victory for the occasion of democracy, freedom, justice and progress; and to change into the Chairman of the Home Oversight and Accountability Committee in a Democratic Congress, working to make use of our sources to ensure the rights and freedoms of the individuals, to safe the integrity of each department of presidency; to show and root out corruption, waste and violation of the Structure and our ethics legal guidelines; and to mentor and assist the exceptional junior Members I’ve labored to assemble on our Committee over this primary Congress as our Rating Member; and to unfold constitutional literacy and understanding all through America by educating a nationwide on-line constitutional legislation class to anybody who desires to affix me; and to construct a Democratic Celebration that won’t solely defeat the kleptocrats and theocrats at dwelling however the autocrats overseas, and can successfully confront the overarching challenges of our time.

Studying between the traces, Rep. Raskin decided that he could possibly be simpler because the Chair of the Home Oversight Committee than he might in a Senate the place he would both be a member of a slender majority or within the minority. If Raskin wasn’t assured that Democrats will take again the Home in 2024, he might need made a special determination.

The boldness is widespread amongst Home Democrats that the Republicans have been such a catastrophe within the majority, together with Trump being the possible Republican presidential nominee, that they’ll take again the Home majority subsequent yr.

Raskin’s determination to remain within the Home is an effective omen for Democrats. Incumbent Home Democrats aren’t heading for the exits. They’re making ready to take again the bulk, and in the event that they do, they’ll have Rep. Raskin in a robust investigative place.

Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.

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