Johanns jumps into Nebraska Senate race

Lincoln Journal Star:

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns has decided to resign from President Bush’s cabinet to return to Nebraska and enter the 2008 Senate race.

Johanns, the former two-term Republican governor, began placing phone calls to a number of friends and supporters in the state Tuesday night to inform them of his decision.

A formal announcement is expected in Nebraska next week after Johanns has submitted his resignation to the White House, according to a source close to Johanns.

Johanns and his wife, Stephanie, went house-hunting over the weekend when he was in Lincoln to attend a Saturday event at which he was honored by the Nebraska Republican Party.

The final decision to seek the GOP nomination for the seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel was nailed down during the last 24 hours.

Johanns is “very excited, very pumped up,” according to the source.

The decision will be enthusiastically welcomed by a number of leading Republicans who urged Johanns to enter the race.

Former GOP State Chairman David Kramer of Omaha has been among those who were outspoken in promoting Johanns as the party’s strongest possible candidate in a potential contest with former Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey.

Kerrey, who represented Nebraska in the Senate for two terms from 1989 to 2001 and served one term as governor, is actively considering a 2008 Senate bid.

The prospect of a Johanns-Kerrey clash has been touted by the national media and political pundits as one of the premier Senate showdowns in 2008.

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Either would be an upgrade over Hagel, but I want a Republican to win and if Johanns has the best chance that is OK. I also like what I have seen about State Attorney General Jon Bruning. I don't think the good people of Nebraska want to lose the war and that is the main reason why Hagel did not run again.

It is a state that has some of the classiest football fans in the world and some smart people in the agriculture business. They deserve to be represented by someone who wants this country to win too.

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