O Malley tries political comeback as candidates file to run for elected offices
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Senator Mitt Romney (R., Utah) said Tuesday that if former president Donald Trump were to run again in 2024 that he is “pretty sure” Trump would win the Republican nomination. “He has by far the largest voice and a big impact in my party,” Romney told the New York Times’ DealBook. “I don’t know if he’s planning to run in 2024 or not, but if he does, I’m pretty sure he would win the nomination.” “A lot can happen between now and 2024,” Romney said, but he also noted that recent polls comparing Trump with other potential Republican candidates show “he wins in a landslide.” The Utah Republican, who was the only GOP senator to vote to convict Trump in both of his impeachments, said he has not voted for Trump in the past and wouldn’t plan on doing so moving forward. Should Trump run again, he would back a candidate who “more represented the tiny wing of the party that I represent,
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Former Senator from Kansas and 1996 Republican Nominee for President Bob Dole, announced Thursday, that he is battling stage-4 lung cancer. Dole, who is 97, has stated that he will begin treatment for the cancer next Monday.
Dole served as a Congressman from 1961 to 1969, and then as Senator from Kansas from 1969 to 1996. After an unsuccessful attempt at the Vice Presidency on the Gerald Ford Ticket in 1976, Dole made unsuccessful attempts at the Republican Nomination in 1980 and 1988. In 1996, Dole again shot for the Presidency, this time securing the nomination but ultimately falling short, after being defeated by Bill Clinton.