Sheldon Whitehouse announces reelection campaign for U.S. Senate.
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Sheldon Whitehouse will indeed run for another six years in the U.S. Senate.
The three-term Democratic senator, known for warning about the perils of climate change and "dark money" in campaign finances, announced Thursday that he will seek a fourth term in Washington as expected.
"Standing up for Rhode Islanders to protect this beautiful state and all of us who live here is the reason Sheldon Whitehouse got into politics," a narrator says in a campaign video released Thursday.
Whitehouse has two challengers in upcoming race
Two Republicans – Patricia Morgan and Ray McKay – are running for the Republican nomination to challenge Whitehouse in the November general election.
McKay and Morgan have attacked Whitehouse for supporting President Joe Biden on immigration and federal spending, among other things.
Whitehouse was named Senate Budget Committee chairman last year and turned much of its focus toward climate issues.
That drew criticism from senator and former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who accused Whitehouse of not working on the federal budget.
Earlier this week, Whitehouse scored a victory when his REPO for Ukrainians legislation was included in a defense spending bill. The REPO Act intends to help fund the defense of Ukraine with seized Russian assets.
Background on Whitehouse
Whitehouse, 68, has been in the Senate since 2007, after he ousted Republican Lincoln Chafee.
A former U.S. Attorney and Rhode Island attorney general, Whitehouse ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2002, losing the Democratic primary to Myrth York.
"I believe we can restore America and ease pressure on working families by making politics respond to voters, not creepy billionaires; by turning the tax code around so the super-rich don’t corrupt it; by making Social Security and Medicare safe and sound as far as the eye can see; by restoring a Supreme Court we can trust; and by breaking the grip of polluters who block our progress toward a safe climate and healthy oceans," Whitehouse said in a campaign news release.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will run for reelection
