Sen. Sasser Joins Race for Majority Leader
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim Sasser (D-Tenn.) on Thursday entered the race to succeed Sen. George J. Mitchell (D-Me.) as majority leader.
Sasser, 57, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, is competing against Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) for the leadership post. Democratic senators will choose their new leader at the end of the year. Mitchell will retire from the Senate in January.
Several other Democrats have recently declared that they would not seek Mitchell’s job, including Sens. Wendell H. Ford of Kentucky, John B. Breaux of Louisiana; Harry Reid of Nevada and Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont.
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