Pete Buttigieg Said he is considering running for the Senate in his hometown of Michigan next year.
“I’ve been studying it,” a former transport secretary and former presidential candidate admitted in a recent interview. Senator Gary Peters. The two-term Democrat announced in January that he would not seek reelection in 2026.
“I will continue to look at what I care about,” Buttigieg elaborated on him Tuesday night at CBS’s “Later Show with Stephen Colbert.”
“I didn’t decide professionally what that means, whether it means getting in soon or not. But I’ll make myself useful.”
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Pete Buttigieg, then secretary of the Department of Transportation, spoke at a press conference in Long Beach, California on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Tim Rue)
To show his serious consideration in the Senate campaign on a critical lake battlefield, a familiar source confirmed to Fox News that Betgee met with Senate minority leaders last week Chuck Schumer Democratic leader of the long-time New York leader.
The 43-year-old’s butt is a former Navy intelligence officer 2020 presidential election.
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But his campaign caught fire, and he nearly challenged Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to win the Iowa caucus New Hampshire Presidential primary election. But Buttigieg, along with the rest of the Democratic Party, with Joe Biden, who was then a former vice president who won the South Carolina primary on a landslide, swept the Super Tuesday game and eventually won the nomination before winning the White House.
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Pete Buttigieg, then-investment secretary, was at the Democratic National Convention held at the Chicago United Center on August 21, 2024. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
In recent months, Buttigieg stressed that his goal is to continue to participate. In a December radio interview after his term as transport secretary, he said: “I will find ways to make myself useful, maybe that’s in office, maybe not.
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Shortly after Peters revealed in January that he would not seek reelection, a source familiar with Buttigieg’s ideas told Fox News Digital: “Pete is exploring all his options to see how he can help and continue to serve… He is honored to mention it for that and he is taking it seriously.”
Buttigieg and his spouse Chasten moved to Red State, Indiana after the 2020 presidential election Nearby Michigan, And have a home in Traverse City.
Buttigieg isn’t the only Democrat who has worked hard to succeed Peters.
Michigan Senator Gary Peters was interviewed by Fox News Digital on August 19, 2024 at the Democratic National Conference (DNC) in Chicago. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
State Senator Mallory McMorrow may launch a democratic movement. McMorrow attracted national attention in 2022 after giving a speech in the Michigan Senate, which was seen as a model for opposing Republican attacks.
Among other Democrats interested in running are two-term Michigan Attorney General Dana Nesse and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-MI.
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Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mi) It was announced in late January that he “strongly considered” a second straight Republican campaign for Michigan’s Senate.
Rogers won the Democratic nominee for Rep. Elissa Slotkin in Michigan’s 2024 Republican Senate nomination, which he retired in November in a contest to succeed longtime Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow. Slotkin beats Rogers, who beat him by about 19,000 votes or a third of the percentage points.
Mike Rogers, a Republican Senate candidate in Michigan, spoke at a campaign rally in Flint, Michigan on Monday, November 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Rogers was a former FBI agent and later served as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee during his tenure in Congress.
Although Rogers was the first Republican to openly move toward the Michigan Senate campaign, Republican sources told Fox News last month that others who might think of running were second House Rep. John James — who was the 2018 and 2020 and 2020 — and the long-time Republican Senate nominee for the House.
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Michigan Senate Race is seen as “toss” by top nonpartisan political obstacles Chef’s Political Report.
Republicans currently control the Senate 53-47, after turning four seats from blue to red in the election last November.
The party in power (apparently Republicans are now) has traditionally faced political headwinds in midterm elections. However, early readings of the 2026 map suggest that the Republicans may attack in certain critical states.
Along with Michigan, Republicans will also target the Georgia battlefield, where the first Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff is considered vulnerable.
In New Hampshire, a swing state in New Hampshire, long-time Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen has yet to say whether she will seek another term in the Senate when she is re-election next year.
Republicans are following Minnesota blue Minnesota, with Democratic Sen. Tina Smith announced last month that she would not seek reelection in 2026.
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But Republicans are also defending in the 2026 cycle.
The Democrats plan to attack in the Blue Maine state, with mid-season Republican Sen. Susan Collins and North Carolina Balterground, where Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is also there in 2026.
Democrats are watching Red Ohio, with Republican Gov. Jon Husted being appointed in January to replace Senate Vice President JD Vance. Husted will run next year to complete Vance’s tenure.
Fox News’s Julia Johnson contributes to the report
