Former U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) appears to be leaving the door open for a possible Senate campaign following U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Auburn) decision to run for governor.
On Thursday's episode of WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," the erstwhile congressman would neither confirm nor deny any plans to fill Tuberville's seat.
"I'm not announcing any decision today," he said.
However, there was one political office he completely ruled out as a possibility.
"There is zero chance that I would run for governor. If I was offered the position right now, today, without having to run for it, I would decline," he said. "That's just, it's not something that affects our country as much as the United States Senate position does. Now, it can affect the state of Alabama, and Lord knows, Alabama could use a top-level governor, but that's not an interest of mine. I would go crazy running all over the state, sitting through all these meetings that don't involve public policy."
Brooks told 1819 News in April, before Tuberville announced his candidacy for governor, that it was "unlikely" he'd run for Tuberville's seat, but not impossible.
"The key will be whether there are viable candidates in the Republican primary who are willing to put their country first above and beyond their personal ambitions to serve in the Senate forever," he said.
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