Qualifying for the fall U.S. House & Senate mid-term elections starts next week, and U.S. Senator John Kennedy will surely be in that number. But will he be back one year from now to qualify to run for Governor? That’s the question posed to political analyst Bernie Pinsonat, who says do not expect Kennedy to offer any clues, one way or the other.
“John Kennedy is running for re-election. He is, absolutely, not going to say if he is even interested in the governor’s race,” he says.
Kennedy leads in fundraising for the 2022 election by a huge margin, and is considered to be a “shoe-in” for another 6-year term. But Pinsonat says he is one of many Louisiana politicians who may want to succeed John Bel Edwards as Governor.
“You’ve got Bill Cassidy who’s a senator, John Kennedy who’s a senator, you’ve got Garret Graves who’s a congressman, you’ve got Jeff Landry Attorney General, Billy Nungesser Lieutenant Governor…”
Pinsonat says Kennedy is wisely keeping mum about any plans he may have for the 2023 gubernatorial race, but his immense popularity among a majority of Louisianans means he cannot be counted out of the Governor’s race, until he says he is out…
“Until Kennedy decides what he wants to do next…late November, December or January…there’s no poll that doesn’t show him probably being the next governor, IF he decides to run.”
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