Luján Expected to Run for Senate

Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) is expected to run for Senate in 2020, abandoning a chance to move up the rung in House leadership, Politico reports.

“It is a sharp change of course for the fast-climbing congressman, a close ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi who led House Democrats’ campaign arm to victory in 2018 and then catapulted into the new Democratic majority’s No. 4 leadership position. But while Luján hasn’t made an official decision, he is leaning heavily toward jumping into the race to replace retiring Sen. Tom Udall, according to multiple Democratic lawmakers and aides familiar with Luján’s thinking.”