After months of hinting, former U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan has officially launched her Senate campaign in Vermont. Nolan was appointed to become Vermont’s first female U.S. attorney by former President Trump.
The Hill reports:
“I’m running for Senate because we need leadership that will unify the country. Leadership that will work across the aisle to make positive change for Vermonters and their families,” Nolan said in a video announcing her candidacy.
Should Nolan, 42, win the GOP primary, she will likely be up against Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) in the race to succeed Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who announced that he will not run for reelection in November. Leahy has held the seat since 1975.
“Leaders in Washington in both parties have lost their way. They are more interested in fighting with each other and beating the other party. It’s cynicism and gridlock. It’s ‘I win or you lose,’” Nolan said.
Nolan was recommended Leahy and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott to be the state’s top federal prosecutor before she was tapped for the role by former President Trump.
“I think it’s a blessing and a privilege to have been born in Vermont, to have been raised in Vermont and to call myself a Vermonter. That privilege and that blessing — which I did nothing to earn, I just got lucky — has called me to public service and to give back to the state that gave me so much,” Nolan said in her campaign video.
