Continuing the McCain legacy.
Via Roll Call:
The late Sen. John McCain’s former chief of staff is considering running for his former boss’ seat as a Democrat.
Grant Woods served as the attorney general for Arizona from 1991 to 1999 and was a chief of staff for McCain when he was a congressman in the 1980s.
Woods confirmed to CBS News on Thursday he was considering running and told Capitol Media Services that McCain’s passing influenced him.
“The country, I think, is really in a chaotic, difficult place,” he said. “So I have to do some real soul searching and just make a decision here.”
Despite working for a Republican senator and being a member of the GOP while attorney general, Woods said it wasn’t a “realistic possibility” for him to run for Senate as a Republican.
“I haven’t changed but the party has changed… if it wants to be the party of Trump, that’s not me,” he said.