Senator Jim DeMint announces bid for reelection

Senator Jim DeMint will run for reelection to the United States Senate in 2010.

The junior senator from South Carolina made his campaign for a second term official on his website Monday.

In the video posted on his website, Demint said, “When South Carolinians elected me to the U.S. Senate in 2004, I promised to fight for the principles of freedom that made America the greatest and most prosperous country in history.  But politicians in both parties continue to support more spending, more debt, higher taxes and more government takeovers.  This has brought our economy to its knees and cost millions of Americans their jobs.”

In the news release, the senator’s campaign reports that it has more than $2.8 million on hand for the election.