Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power refused Friday to rule out a run for Elizabeth Warren’s Senate seat should the Massachusetts Democrat capture her party’s presidential nomination and ascend to the White House.
“No, no. I don’t think it’s a good idea to rule anything out,” Power said during an event to promote her new memoir, according to The Boston Globe. But the ex-diplomat added that she also “wouldn’t rule out managing the Red Sox.”
Power, a former war correspondent who served on President Barack Obama’s National Security Council before becoming U.N. envoy, was an influential voice on matters of foreign policy within the previous administration, including the negotiation of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Though next year’s presidential election is 13 months away, Power is likely one of many Massachusetts-based politicos considering a potential Senate campaign — especially as Warren has continued to rise in national polling and emerged as former Vice President Joe Biden’s chief rival in the Democratic nominating contest.
An open race for Warren’s office would come immediately after the conclusion of what has already developed into a heated battle for Massachusetts’ other seat in the Senate, now occupied by Democrat Ed Markey.
The 73-year-old Markey, who has served in the chamber since 2013, is locked in a competitive primary with 39-year-old Rep. Joe Kennedy, whose campaign is premised on an argument for generational change as opposed to major contrasts between the two lawmakers’ largely progressive records.