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| Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) to retire |
| 2013-01-27 |
| [Washington Post] Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) will not seek reelection in 2014, he announced Saturday. He's the senator-for-life from Iowa. He'll be 75 next election, which would make him 81 when his next term expired. He ran his first, unsuccessful, race in 1972, and he worked as an aide to a Democrat congressman before that. He was elected to Congress in 1975, which means he'll have been warming his seat for forty solid years. "It's just time to step aside," Harkin, 73, told the News Agency that Dare Not be Named, noting that he would be 81 by the end of another term. I just said that. Multiple Democratic aides have confirmed the decision, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has issued a statement. "We neither confirm nor deny..." Harkin's decision makes him the third senator up for reelection this cycle to announce his retirement. Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) have both announced they will not seek another term. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Wish I could do that to Harkin. He's been Senators longer than I've been alive. I'd be optimistic, but Des Moines is stuck on stupid. So I look for a hand-picked successor in 2014 to be elected. |
| Posted by: Charles 2013-01-27 14:22 |
| #5 Would it be too crass to ad pooping on their faces? |
| Posted by: Jonter Phuting8846 2013-01-27 13:17 |
| #4 another "Viet Nam War |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-01-27 10:00 |
| #3 Add Schumer, Durbin, Feinstein, to the list. There are probably a few more who could be added. Some of these senators are up for election in 2014. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-01-27 09:30 |
| #2 Thought he came with the Senate building--a permanent fixture. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-01-27 09:26 |
| #1 Harkin, Dodd and Kerry, the three biggest commie lovers in the Senate, out. Unless the dems can get Sean Penn, Jeff Immelt and George Soros elected to the Senate, an era is over... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-01-27 08:37 |