Carly Fiorina, the former Republican presidential candidate, is considering challenging Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine next year.
Fiorina spoke Tuesday on a radio show on Virginia politics, "The John Fredericks Show."
“I’m certainly looking at that opportunity,” she said. “It’s a little early to be making that decision.”
The former Hewlett-Packard executive and her husband bought a six-bedroom house in Fairfax County in 2011, Washingtonian reported. The previous year, Fiorina lost a bid for a Senate seat in California.
There is no minimum length of time that a person needs to inhabit a state before running for a Senate seat.
On the radio show, Fiorina expressed a desire for Republicans to redouble their efforts in Virginia, which Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 election by less than 5 percent.
“We should be realistic that this is going to be a very, very tough race,” she said. “Virginia is a purple state. Virginia has two Democratic senators. The Democratic party is going to throw everything they have at defending Tim Kaine’s seat.”
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A Senate run would be Fiorina’s first run for office since she dropped out of the Republican presidential primary a year ago. She also spent a week as Sen. Ted Cruz’s vice presidential candidate before the Texas senator dropped out of the race.
The conservative pundit Laura Ingraham said last month on Fox News that she also is considering challenging Kaine.
