'I Am Not Making This Up. Win on a Game Show and You Can Apparently Run for the US Senate'

The Democrats obviously don't have a deep bench in Utah.

In an online forum, Jennings told readers: "[Sens.] Chuck Schumer [D-N.Y.] and Harry Reid [D-Nev.] both called me back personally in 2004 to try to get me to run for Orrin Hatch's Senate seat."

Schumer went on to become head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in 2005 and earned a reputation for recruiting top candidates.

Jennings continued: "I am not making this up. Win on a game show and you can apparently run for the US Senate. That was when I realized the Democratic Party was f@#$ed in '04."