Denise Juneau announced yesterday that she won’t run for the U.S. Senate. Although that’s not a surprise, her taking so long to make up her mind suggests to me she gave it serious enough consideration that she commissioned a poll to assess her prospects of winning. If so, her prospects were revealed as dim to nonexistent.
That leaves Lt. Governor John Walsh, once a general in the National Guard but a political tyro, as the last Democrat with statewide name recognition who might have a chance of winning. He’s discussed a run for the senate with Gov. Steve Bullock, but as yet has made no decision.
He’d better make a decision pronto. Democrats have lost half a year due to Brian Schweitzer, who took his own sweet time and then soured on running. If Walsh thinks he has until Labor Day to decide, he’s deluding himself. If he’s going run, he needs to start running now.