Rep. Bacon expresses interest in serving as president or governor

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at the same time. Don BaconR-Neb. Will not seek reelection next year, he will open up for the prospect of further public services, expressing interest in potential as governor or even president.

“I was asked a few days ago, ‘You said you were interested in being an executive – is it the governor or the president?’ I’m leaving, ‘yes,'” Bacon told NBC News. “If there is a chance, I can make a difference, a unique difference, and I want to continue serving. I just don’t want to be in the two-year election.”

Bacon points out that he won’t challenge the current situation Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen entered the office in 2023, according to the store.

He also noted that being Secretary of Defense would be an option “if God opens that door”, although he is not sure if the Republican president will attack him for the position.

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Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. For portrait pose before votes are held in Capitol Hill in Washington on May 14, 2025. (Tom Brenner via Getty Images in The Washington Post)

“I would love to continue serving this great country but not in Congress after the end of this semester,” Fox News Digital contacted the Bacon office on Monday and said in a statement.

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Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. Arrive at the House Republican Conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 6, 2025 (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Bacon, once House of Representatives Since 2017, it is planned to provide services to its remaining term.

“This work takes 14 hours a day in the week, Saturday, parade and all kinds of things and Sunday. Do I want to do it for another two years?” And my wife wants me to go home. I go to DC four days a week and I have the opportunity to come home seven days a week and within 10 minutes of my house I have eight grandchildren. ”

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