LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning says he’s planning to seek re-election to his current job, and it’s “extremely unlikely” that he’ll run for governor or the U.S. Senate.
The Republican attorney general stopped short Monday of ruling out a bid altogether, but he says he loves his current position and has no plans to seek any other office.
Bruning made similar statements in January, but those comments came before Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns announced that he wouldn’t seek re-election in 2014.
Bruning ran for U.S. Senate in 2012, but lost in the Republican primary to then-state Sen. Deb Fischer…who went on to win the seat. He dropped a 2008 Senate bid when Johanns announced he would run.
The governor’s seat next is an open contest as well. Republican Dave Heineman cannot seek re-election because of term limits.