{"id":108972,"date":"2021-03-08T18:11:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T18:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=108972"},"modified":"2021-03-08T18:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T18:11:19","slug":"republican-u-s-senator-blunt-decides-not-to-seek-reelection-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/republican-u-s-senator-blunt-decides-not-to-seek-reelection-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican U.S. Senator Blunt decides not to seek reelection in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) asks questions during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs\/Rules and Administration hearing to examine the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. March 3, 2021.  Greg Nash\/Pool via REUTERS<\/figcaption><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#8211; U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, a member of the Republican Senate leadership, said on Monday he will not run for office in 2022, making him the latest Republican lawmaker in Congress to opt for retirement.<\/p>\n<p>The 71-year-old Missouri Republican, who last year called on then-President Donald Trump to be more aggressive in preparing to acquire and deliver coronavirus vaccines, calmly announced his impending departure in a video on Twitter in which he thanked voters for enabling him to have a career in public service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 14 general election victories &#8211; three to county office, seven to the United States House of Representatives, and four statewide elections &#8211; I won\u2019t be a candidate for reelection to the United States Senate next year,\u201d Blunt said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Four other Republican senators &#8211; Rob Portman of Ohio, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Richard Burr of North Carolina and Richard Shelby of Alabama &#8211; also have announced that they are not seeking reelection in 2022. Democrats currently have effective control of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Blunt, who was first elected to the Senate as part of the conservative \u201cTea Party\u201d surge in 2010 after serving in the House, has held a series of Senate Republican leadership positions.<\/p>\n<p>Known for being soft-spoken and amiable, Blunt also held a Republican leadership position in the House, where his office walls were covered with photographs of former President Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n<p>The Missouri Republican was reelected in 2016, winning 49.2% of the vote against Democrat Jason Kander\u2019s 46.4%. Candidates from smaller parties took the remainder of the votes in that election.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-congress-blunt\/republican-u-s-senator-blunt-decides-not-to-seek-reelection-in-2022-idUSKBN2B01RD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) asks questions during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs\/Rules and Administration hearing to examine the January 6, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":108971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Republican U.S. Senator Blunt decides not to seek reelection in 2022 - Fin2me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/republican-u-s-senator-blunt-decides-not-to-seek-reelection-in-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Republican U.S. Senator Blunt decides not to seek reelection in 2022 - 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