Frist Says He Won't Seek 2008 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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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday he was not a candidate for U.S. president in 2008 despite speculation he quit the Republican party to prepare to run as an independent.
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GOP candidate bows out of nomination race, backs front-runner and longtime friend John McCain.
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Democrat Bob Kerrey said Wednesday that he won't enter the race to replace retiring Sen. Chuck Hagel.
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Gov. Jeb Bush said Sunday he will not run for president in 2008 and defended his brother from critics who say the president refuses to acknowledge his mistakes.
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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 leading Nebraska newspaper reported on Saturday.
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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. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a Republican moderate from Rhode Island, said on Monday he might not vote for President Bush in the Nov. 2 election.
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US Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., echoed President Bushâs condemnation of independent political advertisements during a stop at the Bush-Cheney â04 campaign office on Monday.
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U.S. Rep. Edward L. Schrock abruptly announced Monday that he will not seek a third term in Congress, citing unspecified allegations that have "called into question" his ability to serve.
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Sunday he is not ruling out a run for the 2008 presidential nomination, but that he is not a candidate now.
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Newt Gingrich suggested yesterday that he might not run for president in 2008 if a rival has all but locked up the Republican nomination by next fall.
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The onetime frontrunner has put off moderates and turned off conservatives
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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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President Bush says he won't weigh in on the 2008 presidential campaign, at least not until after the primaries. He showed Monday, though, that he has no intention of staying out of lower-ticket contests.
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Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia, one of the most authoritative voices in Congress on the military and a key figure in the debate over Iraq, said Friday he will not seek a sixth term in 2008.
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Senator Charles E. Schumer on Monday ruled out running for governor of New York in 2006, saying that he will instead help lead the Democratic Party&#39;s efforts to retake the Senate.