Politics & Government
Report: Bucyrus CEO Will Consider Senate Run
Sullivan says he will ponder entering race once sale of Bucyrus closes.
Add Bucyrus CEO Tim Sullivan into the mix of possible U.S. Senate candidates.
Sullivan told WTMJ-TV he will be "weighing all his options" when it comes to a possible run for Herb Kohl's U.S. Senate seat. His first priority is closing the sale of Bucyrus to Caterpillar, and when that's over, he will consider a Senate run more closely, he told the television station.
Sullivan has already said he will leave the company when the Caterpillar deal closes, which is expected to happen this summer, according to this Journal Sentinel report.
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As Erik Brooks notes in his South Milwaukee Blog, if Ron Johnson can do it, why not Sullivan?
He's had an extremely successful tenure as Bucyrus CEO, with annual sales jumping from $280 million in 2000 to $3.65 billion in 2010. Patch reported last week that Sullivan for an Entrepreneur of the Year award.
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The headquarters for Bucyrus, a mining equipment manufacturer, are in Oak Creek.
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