what if

[lamboguy]

Rand Paul is running both for the presidency and his senate seat at the same time in 2016.

he has some type of a chance to be the republican nominee. so far he is leading in the polls in the first 3 primary states, Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

the democrats had a pretty decent senate candidate that lost to the republican leader Mitch McConnell last time. at one point she had the lead and his machine wound up getting the job done for him.

is it possible that he could be elected the next president and lose his senate seat at the same time?

[Saratoga_Mike]

No, he won't be elected president - he doesn't have the temperament for it.

He will be re-elected to the Senate in KY.

[Clocker]

I think that any public official running for president should resign upon announcing. Hillary and Obama missed hundreds of Senate votes while running. I've read that Rubio is already missing a lot of votes while attending political events and fund raisers. Running for president is a full time job. Those people can't even read the bills they vote on when they aren't running. They are not representing their constituents when they are out on the campaign trail.