Sen. Ron Johnson says he will run for third term, despite previous pledge to retire

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-wis., has announced he will seek re-election for a third term next year, despite a previous pledge to retire, saying he believes “the country is in too much peril” for him to leave after his second term.

In an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, Johnson, a staunch ally of former president Donald Trump, explained that he had not anticipated that Democrats would take over the government in 2020.

“As I have told crowds since my first Tea Party speeches in 2010: This is a fight for freedom. This is not someone else’s fight, this is our fight, and it’s a fight we absolutely must win,” Johnson wrote. “I believe America is in peril. Much as I’d like to ease into a quiet retirement, I don’t feel I should.”