Iowa Senator Tom Harkin announced last weekend that he would not run for re-election in 2014. He said he wanted to give potential democratic candidates time to make their own decisions about the race. In a similar situation, South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson, whose term also expires, has not yet said if he will run again. South Dakota democratic party Chairman Ben Nesselhuf says no one is pushing Johnson on the decision…
In the past, Johnson announced his candidacy in the spring of that election year. Nesselhuf says that still would be enough time to mount a campaign…
Republican Senator John Thune was unopposed when he ran for re-election in 2010. Nesselhuf says that will not happen again…
(courtesy WNAX Yankton)