Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE) has announced today that he will not be seeking re-election in 2014. In a letter to Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, he wrote:
At the end of this term, we will have been in public service over 32 years. Between the two of us, we have been on the ballot for primary and general elections 16 times and we have served in eight offices. It is time to close this chapter of our lives.
The "we" is Johanns and his wife.
Before his election to the Senate, Senator Johanns served two terms as Nebraska's governor and then became President George W. Bush's Secretary of Agriculture.
I think this will make it a very interesting primary season in the next election cycle. I would be surprised if now Attorney General Jon Bruning does not get into the race early. Many thought it was "his turn" last election cycle when now Senator Deb Fischer beat him in the primary. Nebraska State Treasurer Don Stenberg is expected to run again in 2014 and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry's name is being mentioned as well.
It is still very early, of course. The ink on Sen. Johanns' letter is hardly dry.
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