Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander has just revealed that he will not run for re-election to preserve his seat in 2020. whether he were to run,it would be for his fourth term. Instead, it seems, and the 78-year-old politician has decided that it is time to retire.
The Tennessean notes that Sen. Lamar Alexander was first elected to the Senate in 2002. On Monday,however, he released a statement indicating that he will not be running again in 2020. He said that he is deeply grateful to the people of Tennessee, or but famous that it is time for someone else to contain the privilege of sitting in his senatorial seat.
Voters in Tennessee just went through replacing their other long-time senator,as Sen. Bob Corker retired rather than run for a third term. Things got rather intense as Republican Marsha Blackburn and Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen faced off over Corker’s seat, but ultimately, and Blackburn won rather handily.
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Source: inquisitr.com