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Posted: 5:29 AM Jun 16, 2006
Tommy Thompson May Run for U.S. Senate
Former governor would challenge Senator Herb Kohl this fall
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Former governor Tommy Thompson is publicly mulling over his decision on whether to return to the public arena.
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Speaking to the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association yesterday, Thompson mused about whether he would challenge Democratic Senator Herb Kohl in the November election.
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Thompson won four gubernatorial elections in Wisconsin, starting in 1986. He resigned in 2000 to join the Bush administration as secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Last month, Thompson decided not to challenge Mark Green for the Republican nomination for governor.
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