The man who ran the General Accounting Office under presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush might be considering a run to represent Connecticut in the U.S. Senate.
“People have been asking me to run for office for many years and I'm thinking about it,” David Walker, the former comptroller general, told Chuck Todd on the Daily Rundown on Thursday. “I don't feel compelled to run but I'm considering it.”
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Chuck Todd asked Walker if his run would be for the U.S. Senate seat in Connecticut. Walker did not come right out and say it, but did imply that he might enter the race.
“I wouldn't be interested in anything other than the Senate, and I live in Connecticut,” Walker said. He lives in Bridgeport, according to his biography on the Comeback America Initiative Web site.
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The majority of Walker’s interview with Todd was about the U.S. economy and the size of government and Walker blamed both parties for government ballooning in size. So, it raised the question of what party he would run in.
National Journal reports that a Republican “official familiar with recruitment conversations” said Walker had recently met with and had phone calls with GOP party leaders in Connecticut and the response “was encouraging.”
NBC Connecticut has left a message with the state party about whether Walker is a potential GOP candidate but there was no immediate answer.
Walker served as Comptroller General from 1998 to 2008. He is now runs the Comeback America Initiative, an organization focused on promoting fiscal responsibility.
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