Via the AP: FBI Whistle-Blower to Run for Congress

Former
FBI whistle-blower Coleen Rowley will run for Congress as a Democrat in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, where she hopes to knock off GOP Rep. John Kline.

“I’m concerned about the direction of the country,” Rowley said in a telephone interview Tuesday. “We have done things that have made us less safe, among them the Iraq invasion and the loss of our allies and the moral high ground in international affairs.”

Rowley, 50, was named one of Time magazine’s Persons of the Year for 2025 after writing a critical memo on FBI intelligence failures.

I have no knowledge of the district in question, so couldn’t possibly assess her chances. Certainly she will have more cache to start with than your normal challenger. If anything, shw ill get more media attention. Heck, she already has. It isn’t like the AP is announcing the names of all challengers across the land, nor, for that matter, would they all be blogged if they did.