Political future of outgoing senators?

[Tekken_Guy]

What is the political future for the senators who left at the beginning of the year?

Bill Nelson
Bob Corker
Claire McCaskill
Dean Heller
Heidi Heitkamp
Jeff Flake
Joe Donnelly
Jon Kyl
Orrin Hatch

[Politician]

Probably none

[JG]

I could possibly see Heitkamp getting a nod in a democratic administration in 2021, like secretary of agriculture.

As for the others, probably retirement or private sector.

[Torrain]

I could possibly see Heitkamp getting a nod in a democratic administration in 2021, like secretary of agriculture.

As for the others, probably retirement or private sector.

Agriculture or Interior, both seem possible. I’d agree the rest are probably done.
I could see Nelson as NASA Administrator, but I’m unsure he’d go for it. 

[SnowLabrador]

They don't have any.

[InheritTheWind]

Donnelly and Heller will become lobbyists, McCaskill and Flake will become really annoying pundits, Corker will get some meaningless job title like the Mohammad Bin Salman Chair For Press Freedom at the American Foreign Policy Group idk

Nelson, Hatch and Kyl probably have nothing more interesting in their future besides dying.

[Young Conservative]

Bill Nelson- Retirement
Bob Corker- Speaking circuit
Claire McCaskill- a fellow somewhere
Dean Heller- private sector
Heidi Heitkamp- fellow somewhere and speaking circuit
Jeff Flake- speaking circuit, fellow somewhere
Joe Donnelly- private sector
Jon Kyl- retirement
Orrin Hatch- retirement

All except Orrin Hatch will do at least some lobbying on the side, so it wasn't worth it to type is a bunch.

[S019]

Nelson: lobbying
Corker: Foreign policy position in a GOP administration
McCaskill: Run for governor in 2020
Heller: Run for either governor or senator in 2022, but only if a Democrat is President, otherwise lobbying
Heitkamp: Run for governor in 2020
Donnelly: Run for governor in 2020
Kyl: Lobbying
Hatch: Retirement

[Roll Roons]

Bill Nelson- Retirement
Bob Corker- Speaking circuit
Claire McCaskill- a fellow somewhere
Dean Heller- private sector
Heidi Heitkamp- fellow somewhere and speaking circuit
Jeff Flake- speaking circuit, fellow somewhere
Joe Donnelly- private sector
Jon Kyl- retirement
Orrin Hatch- retirement

All except Orrin Hatch will do at least some lobbying on the side, so it wasn't worth it to type is a bunch.

McCaskill already was a Fellow at the UChicago Institute of Politics, Heitkamp will be one at Harvard, and Donnelly is teaching at Notre Dame. All are likely to do something like that besides Hatch and Nelson.

[JMT]

Maybe Dean Heller gets a job in the Trump administration. Otherwise, I think all of them are done with politics.

[Thatkat04]

If there is any justice in the world, Heitkamp will get a job in the next dem administration.

[Tekken_Guy]

Bill Nelson - Dies
Bob Corker - Joins a Think Tank
Claire McCaskill - Punditry
Dean Heller - Challenges Sisolak for Governor
Heidi Heitkamp - Gets a job in the next administration
Jeff Flake - Punditry (Kristol-esque), a comeback Presidential run
Joe Donnelly - Comeback run against Holcomb
Jon Kyl - Some more lobbying before he dies
Orrin Hatch - Dies

[TarHeelDem]

I think the only one who will hold a federal office again is Heitkamp (as a Cabinet member in the next Dem administration, Agriculture or Interior, take your pick).

[SnowLabrador]

Well, InheritTheWind, you were right about Donnelly: https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/politics/former-u-s-sen-joe-donnelly-joins-washington-lobbying-firm/article_77cf07e4-e873-563d-b748-3174dd11d589.html

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Political future? None. Corporate future? Likely for all of them.

[Sestak]

Political future? None. Corporate future? Likely for all of them.

[Free Bird]

Bill Nelson: He's implied he's gonna lobby
Bob Corker: Speaking and sometimes punditry
Claire McCaskill: Lobby
Dean Heller: Lobby, maybe run for something in 2022 if it's a Dem midterm
Heidi Heitkamp: Lobby
Jeff Flake: Punditry, lobbying
Joe Donnelly: Lobbying
Jon Kyl: He's already back to lobbying
Orrin Hatch: Work on the Hatch Center and write his memoirs

[Progressive Pessimist]

Probably nothing other than becoming cable news contributors like McCaskill already is.

[Frenchrepublican]

Bill Nelson : no political future for him
Bob Corker : ambassador or member of a future republican administration
Claire McCaskill : could run for Governor if she is delusional enough
Dean Heller : could challenge Cortez Masto in 2022 if a democrat is in the White House
Heidi Heitkamp : member of a future democratic administration like AG secretary
Jeff Flake : no political future
Joe Donnelly : he is a prolife democrat in a red state so it seems difficult to see any political future for him, he is too conservative for the democratic base but too liberal for the state as whole.
Jon Kyl : too old for any political future
Orrin Hatch : too old

[LabourJersey]

I could possibly see Heitkamp getting a nod in a democratic administration in 2021, like Secretary of
Agriculture.

As for the others, probably retirement or private sector.

[junior chįmp]

Bill Nelson

Tour guide at NASA Cape Canaveral

Bob Corker

A lobbyist for any industry involved in speeding up the death of the human race (big oil, tobacco...)

Claire McCaskill

Bass player for a Cyndi Lauper cover band

Dean Heller

Black jack dealer at an unliscenced casino in Reno

Heidi Heitkamp

Mayor of small town in ND with more livestock than people

Jeff Flake

An extra for the cowardly lion for The Wizard of Oz on Broadway

Joe Donnelly

Winnebago salesman in Evansville

Jon Kyl

Stern looking crossing guard for the unified school district district of Tuscon

Orrin Hatch

A wax statue as one of the original settlers for the Utah historical society

[SnowLabrador]

Bill Nelson

Tour guide at NASA Cape Canaveral

Bob Corker

A lobbyist for any industry involved in speeding up the death of the human race (big oil, tobacco...)

Claire McCaskill

Bass player for a Cyndi Lauper cover band

Dean Heller

Black jack dealer at an unliscenced casino in Reno

Heidi Heitkamp

Mayor of small town in ND with more livestock than people

Jeff Flake

An extra for the cowardly lion for The Wizard of Oz on Broadway

Joe Donnelly

Winnebago salesman in Evansville

Jon Kyl

Stern looking crossing guard for the unified school district district of Tuscon

Orrin Hatch

A wax statue as one of the original settlers for the Utah historical society

I can't stop laughing.