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Thursday November 26th 2020
James Ritchie "seriously considering" running for RNC Chairman
The outgoing Governor of Florida James Ritchie is said according sources close to him, to be "seriously considering" running for RNC Chairman instead of a Presidential run in 2022.
Ritchie is understood to have meet with closest friends and family including his father Robert, who lost the 2002 Presidential election to President Bartlet in a landslide. A source close to Ritchie told NBS "The Governor is torn, he does want to run in 2022, in part to restore the family name and gain revenge for the humiliation of his father caused by the Bartlet defeat, but he is aware of the cost of a Presidential run would bring on his family, and fears that the Democrats would bring up that defeat all the time if he where to become the nominee, and that running for RNC Chair, could be a better way to serve the party".
Rob Ritchie is understood to have told his son that he would "back 100% what ever decision he made, and that he shouldn't run for the Presidency out of a misplaced loyalty to him", whilst Janet Ritchie said that if he did "go for the RNC job, he would have to pledge publicly not to for the Presidency in 2022". No other candidates have yet to declare for RNC Chairman, although it is very likely that former North Carolina Governor Andrew Wu, would run, whilst former New Jersey Congressman Jack Fowler has declared his interest, but if James Ritchie did decide to throw his hat into the ring rather than a 2022 presidential bid than that would clearly change the whole dynamic of both races. Early polls for 2022 show Ritchie as the narrow front-runner, ahead of South Carolina Governor Ethan Butler and Texas Governor Adam De Haan.