Hastert To Announce Next Week

Published: August 11, 2007, 12:31 pm

Tags: uncategorized, illinois congressional races

One way or the other. From Congressional Daily: Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., the longest serving Republican speaker, will announce whether he will seek re-election next week, while a handful of candidates say they are already primed to run for the 14th District seat if it opens up. “I will probably make that announcement in the middle of August,” Hastert said in a brief interview last week. Despite speculation in Washington and at home that he will not seek a 12th term, Hastert declined to indicate which way he was leaning. An aide said today Hastert has not scheduled an announcement, but he will turn to his political future next week after he returns from a trip to Japan and China. The timing of the announcement is also driven by the Illinois election calendar, which allowed potential candidates to begin circulating petitions Tuesday. National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole of Oklahoma applauded Hastert for not leaving House Republicans to defend

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