Former Yankees and Mets pitcher Al Leiter has expressed interest in the New Jersey senate seat that became available after the death of Senator Frank Lautenberg. From ESPNNewYork.com:
“Who wouldn’t be interested if the governor of your state for whatever reason of their due process thought [you were] worthy, in their opinion?” Leiter, currently an announcer both for the YES Network and the MLB Network, told ESPNNewYork.com. “So, yeah, I would be interested.”
Working in Leiter’s favor: He is friends with current New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who is a Mets fan, and who is also the man with the power to name Lautenberg’s replacement. Leiter is a Republican like Christie, and Leiter was nominated by Christie for the New Jersey Hall of Fame Commission. Basically, he knows the Governor, and the Governor is in control here.
Not working in Leiter’s favor: Well, he has no real political experience and (probably) the only way he’d get the job was if Christie named him to the seat. And the latest news is that Christie will most likely hold a special election instead of just naming someone to the position. Ah, Democracy. Robbing yet another one of us from serving in the US Senate.
Also, lest we forget, here’s Leiter playing beer pong in 2005.
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