![]() ![]() “After a good deal of prayer and introspection, and more than a few heart-to-heart conversations, we’ve decided I should do neither, but, rather I should should run through the tape over the next 20 months and finish the important work that my staff and I have begun on a wide range of fronts, many of them begun in partnership with Democrat and Republican colleagues in the Senate and in the House,” he said.Ĭhristy Goldfuss, chief policy impact officer for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said Carper “has been a voice of reason and a champion for progress” on the environment for decades.Ĭarper said his other priorities include passage of permitting legislation that accelerates clean-energy projects, expanding economic engagement in the Indo-Pacific region, and ensuring federal funding for school-based child mental health services. ![]() The options, according to the former two-term governor, were vying for a record 15th statewide election win, or to just “ride off into the sunset and call it day.” It also ensures that his unblemished record of never having lost an election during more than four decades in politics remains intact.Ĭarper, 76, said at a Wilmington news conference that he and his wife, Martha, began talking months ago about what he should do next. Senate.Ĭarper’s announcement paves the way for a wide-open contest for the seat he has held since 2001 in heavily-blue Delaware. Tom Carper of Delaware announced Monday that he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S. ![]()
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