North Carolina's Walker rules out 2020 run after redistricting

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) won't seek public office next year, backing off after threatening to primary GOP Sen. Thom Tillis and two members of his own delegation.

He announced his decision Monday, a stunning outcome for the ambitious politician just weeks after court-prompted redistricting turned his reliably Republican seat in north-central North Carolina into safe Democratic territory. Walker, a member of House GOP leadership and former chairman of the Republican Study Committee, was first elected to an open seat in 2014.

In the statement, Walker said he would seriously consider running for Senate in 2022, when GOP Sen. Richard Burr is expected to retire after finishing his current term.

“I believe the best way we can continue to serve the people of North Carolina is as a United States senator,” Walker said in the statement. “As I have always sought to have serving people supersede our ambition, I will dedicate my full heart and efforts to finishing my term in Congress. After we have secured more conservative policy and Republican electoral victories for North Carolina, we will take a look at the 2022 Senate race, and we are thankful to have President Trump’s support.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/16/walker-wont-seek-office-redistricting-086369

[marble falls]

1. That alone proves to me there was a conscious effort to gerrymand.

[Timmygoat]

2. He will not be missed.

He was a puppet for Trump ( wrote to him and told him so).

[marble falls]

4. Not a single one of them wil be missed in any sort of positive way.

[Mc Mike]

3. Another repug drops out, looks like what happened pre '18 election, again.