Incredibly Dark Horses (R) - The Time Capsule

[JSojourner]

Hoeven and Rounds are both solid picks for "dark horse" status.  And Hoeven would be my number one dark horse.

You can almost count on at least one, perhaps several, House members running in the primary.  Hunter, Tancredo, Kucinich in the D party...there are usually a couple. And sometimes a former governor gets in.  Gilmore and Tommy Thompson did in 08 and Frank Keating flirted with the idea.  So look there, too.

But then, I wouldn't expect any of them to win the nomination.

I won't consider Huntsman, Ryan or Mike Pence true "dark horses" since they've been mentioned in media as possible candidates.

[JSojourner]

I see someone on here likes Congressman Aaron Schock of the 18th district of Illinois. I think he will be a frontrunner in the 2020 election. (He is only 27)

My "dark horses" are
1. John Thune; Junior Senator from South Dakota
2. Sam Brownback; Current Senator and candidate for Kansas governor

Finally!  A blue avatar from Indiana.  Welcome to the forum, fellow Hoosier.

I don't consider Thune a dark horse...I consider him a serious contender.  And you know, Brownback may well re-emerge.  He is a guy with too much potential to retire from public life at this early stage.  I don't like or agree with either of them, but they are fairly sharp guys.

(My money's still on Pence.)

[JSojourner]

Pawlenty.

I wouldn't consider him a dark horse.  I mean, he was looked at pretty closely as a possible running mate this time around...and he's been pretty high profile among the GOP governors. Pawlenty, Crist, Jindal and Huntsman...and to a less extent Barbour and Sanford are getting at least some buzz among armchair political junkies.

Rounds and Hoeven are more of the dark horse sort.  At least as governors go.