Castle Leaves Open Door to Write-In Bid for Senate
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He says he "probably won't do it. But he notes that he's "given it some thought."
Last week, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) launched a drastic, last-ditch, write-in effort to try to retain her Senate seat. In August, attorney Joe Miller unexpectedly edged Murkowski to secure the GOP's Senate nomination.
Now a week after losing to tea-party endorsed Christine O'Donnell, Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE) isn't ruling out following in Murkowski's footsteps. O'Donnell upset Castle for Delaware's GOP Senate nomination in the biggest shocker of the 2010 political cycle.
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Still, even though Castle didn't hermetically seal the door against a write-in bid, he downplayed the chances that he'd pursue it.
"I'm not exactly approaching this with bated breath," Castle said. "A write-in is logistically difficult."
He added that even though "a lot of people" suggested he mount a write-in campaign, Castle said didn't "want to interfere with Republican chances."
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Still, Castle said the abrupt loss left him "hurt and stung."