King Warns Against Assuming His Affiliation

Many assume Angus King (I) would caucus with Democrats if elected to the U.S. Senate because he also supports President Obama for re-election, but the former Maine governor tells USA Today he hasn’t made a decision.

Said King: “I don’t know why they’re making that assumption. It’s all going to depend on what the situation is when I get there, and that will depend to some extent on what the numbers are… I might be able to make a pretty good arrangement that will allow me to maintain a significant amount of independence in exchange for one vote, perhaps, to organize the Senate. In other words, if all I have to do is vote once to organize the Senate and establish the majority leader and then I’m a free agent, that might be the way to do it.”