Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has shared with three prominent Republicans that he wants to resign and run for Senate next year in Kansas, Time reports.

The Republicans told Time that Pompeo’s original plan was to stay at the State Department until next spring, but because of the House impeachment inquiry, he’s thinking about making an early — and hopefully smooth — exit.

Pompeo represented Kansas’ 4th Congressional district from 2011 to 2017.

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