Frist Says He Won't Seek Republican Presidential Nomination
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Bloomberg - Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist won't seek his party's presidential nomination in 2008, saying the ``season of being an elected official has come to a close.''
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The Fix | Sources say former Mass. governor will suspend bid for Republican nomination.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urged Democrats yesterday to stop blocking President Bush&#39;s federal court nominees and hinted that he might try to change Senate rules to thwart their tactics.
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Bloomberg - Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, a Republican, won&#39;t seek re-election and doesn&#39;t intend to run for any office in 2008, a person close to the senator said.
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Tim Griffin, the former White House aide who has been at the center of a political storm over U.S. attorneys' firings, said yesterday that he will not seek the nomination to be chief federal prosecutor in Little Rock.
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Nestor Kirchner rules out running in this year's presidential elections, ending months of speculation.
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An FBI raid on the Capitol Hill  office of a congressman under investigation in a bribery  scandal did not violate the constitutional separation of  powers, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Sunday.
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The fate of President Bush's domestic agenda rests, in many ways, with Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who has long favored a change in Senate rules, said on Thursday "one way or another" procedural roadblocks against federal judicial nominees must end.
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The Republican candidate hasn't been able to muster much support for his bid within the crowded field.
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The onetime frontrunner has put off moderates and turned off conservatives
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Senator Chuck Hagel, Republican of Nebraska, said today that he is not jumping into the race â for now, at least.
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Two-term Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel revealed Monday morning that he will not make a decision about whether to seek the 2008 Republican presidential nomination until later this year.
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Three-term Rep. Rick Renzi, an Arizona Republican facing a federal inquiry into his family's insurance business, said Thursday he will not seek re-election next year. Renzi becomes the fifth GOP House member in recent weeks to announce retirement plans, giving Democrats hopes of possibly picking up seats next year that otherwise would not be in play.
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Presidential hopeful Ron Paul said he will not run as a third-party candidate in a new message to supporters that seems to recognize his slim chances at getting the Republican nomination.
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Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a harsh critic of the Iraq war, plans to retire and will not seek the Republican presidential nomination next year, a source said on Saturday.
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Republican Sen. John Warner of  Virginia, an influential voice in Congress on military policy,  said on Friday he would not seek re-election next year -- a  decision that complicates party hopes of recapturing Senate  control.