Senator JOHN KENNEDY (courtesy of John Kennedy/Facebook)
U.S. Senator John Kennedy is seeking re-election in 2028, but is he eyeing an even higher office? While speaking on Friday at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm’s College, Kennedy said his donors have approached him about running for President and he has not ruled out the idea. Political analyst Ron Faucheux said Kennedy would be an interesting Republican Presidential candidate because of his way with words.
“I think he has a way of expressing his views that sounds nonpolitical and very blunt and very funny to a lot of people,” said Faucheux.
Kennedy is not as well-known as other potential Republican Presidential candidates like Vice President J.D. Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio, but Faucheux said those who follow politics are aware of Kennedy’s political views.
“I’ve talked to people in one end of the nation to the other, talking about how much they like what he says,” he said.
LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan said a Kennedy presidential campaign has a chance to gain traction because he agrees with many of President Trump’s priorities. But Hogan said it is hard to say who Republicans will support post-Trump.
He said, “It’s hard to predict what the primary electorate, those people voting in the nomination contest and the presidential contest, would be looking for.”
Kennedy is 74-years-old. He is currently serving his second term as U.S. Senator. Before that, he was Louisiana’s State Treasurer for 17 years. Kennedy also served as Louisiana’s Revenue Secretary for three-plus years in the late 1990s. In 2007, Kennedy switched from the Democratic Party to the GOP.
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