Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, widely considered a top-tier potential candidate for Indiana’s open Senate seat, announced that he would not be running, dashing the hopes of the old GOP establishment.
“After what I hope was adequate reflection, I’ve decided not to become a candidate for the U.S. Senate,” Daniels said in a statement Tuesday. “With full credit and respect for the institution and those serving in it, I conclude it’s just not the job for me, not the town for me and not the life I want to live at this point.”
Daniels’s decision leaves Indiana Rep. Jim Banks as the lone candidate in the Republican primary for the seat being vacated byFor a few weeks, it appeared as though Indiana could serve as the stage for a showdown between the old Republican Party establishment embodied in leaders like Daniels, President George W. Bush’s former budget director, and the ascendant hard right of the party represented by Banks, who shot to prominence in the Trump era.
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., right, speaks as then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy listens during a news conference in June 2022. But after a jaunt through the Capitol last week and meetings with top Senate Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Daniels backed away. He said he would easily win, but the fight just wasn’t for him.
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