This should be fun, let’s get a thread going about the marquee Senate battle of 2022. Can Republicans stop Rob Sand or is strong incumbent Joni Ernst's motorcycle plabook just not replicable in a midterm?
In all seriousness, Likely/Safe R, but Kim Reynolds (if she’s even interested in a run) vs. Pat Grassley could make for an interesting primary if Chuck Grassley retires.
I’m on team Hinson here. Pat is not entitled to his grandpa’s seat.
Jacky Rosen, Steve Daines, and Tom Cotton agree.
Rosen and Cotton, I’ll give you (though Rosen in no small part jumped to the Senate because her House seat was a Trump 16 seat and to the right of Nevada-at large).
Daines doesn’t count because his House seat was statewide, so the “never run statewide” is null.
Anyway, I currently expect Reynolds to run for re-election. Feenstra and Hinson may want to just keep their House seats, but we’ll see. Also, don’t discount Lt Gov Adam Gregg, or any state legislator or political outsider. IIRC Ernst was kind of a “surprise” candidate last time around.
