{"id":29345,"date":"2017-07-17T21:36:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T21:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/07\/17\/hartzler-has-a-change-of-heart-declining-senate-bid-to-challenge-mccaskill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:23:08","slug":"hartzler-has-a-change-of-heart-declining-senate-bid-to-challenge-mccaskill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2017\/07\/17\/hartzler-has-a-change-of-heart-declining-senate-bid-to-challenge-mccaskill\/","title":{"rendered":"Hartzler has a change of heart, declining Senate bid to challenge McCaskill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Republican Rep. Vicky Hartzler has decided against entering the race to replace Sen. Claire McCaskill, labeled one of the most vulnerable Democrats in the Senate\u00a0after narrowly surviving her 2012 incumbent election.<br\/><br\/> McCaskill, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee&#8217;s ranking member, is expected to be replaced given Missouri&#8217;s Republican shift, characterized by U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s 19-point win in the state last year,\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/hartzler-won-t-try-to-unseat-mccaskill-in-senate-race\/article_0ecf76ee-a3be-561d-bcc3-6ee25f3b54c7.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/hartzler-won-t-try-to-unseat-mccaskill-in-senate-race\/article_0ecf76ee-a3be-561d-bcc3-6ee25f3b54c7.html\">according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a>.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;After much prayer and discussion with my family I have decided to seek re-election to the United States House of Representatives,&#8221; Hartzler said in a statement Monday. &#8220;I love the great people of the 4th Congressional District and feel honored to be their voice in Washington. I believe the best way to continue to serve them is by taking their common-sense ideas and Heartland values to Washington.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> Hartzler,\u00a0head of the House Armed Services Committee&#8217;s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee,\u00a0was one of several officials who was considering running for the seat and the second woman to take herself out of the running. <br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. 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