Ruben Gallego Says Some Senators Urging Him to Run

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) told CBS News that “some Democratic senators are privately urging him to run against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who announced last week that she would leave the Democratic Party and become an independent.”

Said Gallego: “There have been some senators that have encouraged me to run. There are some senators, some of Sen. Sinema’s colleagues, that are encouraging me to run.”

“Gallego did not identify the senators who have prodded him to jump into the Senate race, but he believes those senators would ‘absolutely’ support him if he decides to launch a Senate bid next year.”