“It’s always better to be candid than coy. While I am humbled by the widespread encouragement of so many and hold in the highest esteem those who serve us in federal office, I know that my head and my heart, my young family’s future, and our unfinished work all remain firmly in the State of California — not Washington D.C,” he wrote.
“Therefore I will not seek election to the U.S. Senate in 2016.”
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The prospect has some Republicans hopeful that too many Democratic candidates running could split the party’s vote and leave them an opportunity to make it through to the second round of voting. They admit, however, that’s a long-shot — the GOP’s bench in California remains thin, and the state is reliably blue.
