Pomeroy Retirement Watch: Earl Says He Wouldn’t Take Life Insurance Job

Rumors that Rep. Pomeroy would be retiring rather than facing re-election, fanned by news that Rep. Pomeroy was seeking a golden parachute into the life insurance industry, have been circulating for weeks now. Now, after repeated evasions, Rep. Pomeroy is finally (allegedly) coming clean and saying that he will, in fact, be running for re-election and would turn down the life insurance job if offered.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Rep. Earl Pomeroy says he would refuse a job as president of a lobbying group that represents the life insurance industry. …
In a telephone interview with the Associated Press on Friday, Pomeroy said he is running for re-election, and he would decline the insurance job if it were offered to him.
At a news conference earlier, Pomeroy was asked three times if he would refuse to take the job. He did not answer directly.

So is Pomeroy really in the race or is this just another evasion? I’m not exactly sure we’ll know until he accepts his party’s nomination to run for re-election.
Regardless, it’s certainly not kicking off what promises to be a tough re-election year for Pomeroy off with a positive note.