“You’re asking me who I’d vote for, and I don’t have a slate of candidates,” Carmona said. “I’ll look and see who the best one is, and then I’ll go ahead and support that person. Majority leaders change all the time at the whims of the Senate.”
Carmona’s refusal to back Reid must sting, given that the Reid-connected Majority PAC has spent more than $400,000 trying to get him elected and Reid’s Searchlight Leadership Fund has given him $10,000.
North Dakota Democratic Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp also was less than forthcoming with support for Reid.
“When I get to the Senate, I’ll make those decisions,” Heitkamp told the Hill in an interview. “Today my goal is to visit with North Dakotans, find out what their concerns are, tell them what I believe and what I think is important.”
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