Having only decided not to continue her presidential bid on Wednesday morning, Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota has yet to decide whether to run for re-election to Congress.
Her spokeswoman, Alice Stewart, said that Mrs. Bachmann “just made up her mind about this this morning,” and that “she hasn’t made a decision” about her next step.
To run for president, Mrs. Bachmann suspended her House campaign. And the district she has represented since 2007 could be redrawn to her disadvantage.
Her Sixth Congressional District includes the fast-growing suburbs and exurbs of the Twin Cities and faces significant changes when the state’s maps get redrawn. On the same day she announced here that she would “stand aside” in the presidential race, Democrats and Republicans were arguing for their respective redistricting plans before a judicial panel in St. Paul.
The Democrats’ plan would add many more of their ranks to the Sixth District, among them Representative Betty McCollum, a popular Democrat. Other plans could improve Mrs. Bachmann’s fortunes, however, and a special redistricting panel issues its own plan in late February.
