New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- American author and anchor Paul Finebaum said he might leave ESPN to run for a US Senate seat in Alabama, OutKick reported. Having recently moved from Charlotte, North Carolina, back to his longtime residence in Birmingham, Alabama, he reportedly plans to run as a Republican and is likely to seek the seat being vacated by former Auburn and Ole Miss coach Tommy Tuberville, who is instead pursuing a run for governor of Alabama.

Finebaum stated that if Trump were to ask him to run, he would agree. "Impossible to tell him no. There's no way I could. I would tell him yes," Finebaum said. The deadline to enter the race is in January, and Finebaum mentioned he hopes to make a decision within the next "30 to 45 days."

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