Kaine rules out run for president in 2020

BY LISA HAGEN - 11/17/16 11:36 AM EST

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) says he won’t mount a run for president or vice president in 2020. Kaine told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that his “highest and best use” is serving in the Senate and wants to serve there for a “long time.”

“I have been through the VP stakes twice, and came close once and got on the ticket, and won Virginia and won the popular vote and lost — so I came close the second time,” Kaine said in his first sit-down interview since the presidential election.

“I was really honored to be asked by Hillary [Clinton], and it was a history-making race to be the first woman nominated. And for her to do well in Virginia and win the popular vote, that is all to her credit. And I was really proud to be part of it. But I think the Catholic in me likes to go to the place where there is the most work to be done,” he added

The Virginia Democrat, who is up for reelection in 2018, ran for vice president on the Democratic ticket with Clinton, who was defeated by Donald Trump last week.

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