GOP Rep. Paul Cook to retire

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/461746-gop-rep-paul-cook-to-retire


GOP Rep. Paul Cook to retire
By Chris Mills Rodrigo - 09/17/19 11:47 AM EDT


Republican Rep. Paul Cook (Calif.) will retire from Congress at the end of this term and run for a seat on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

Cook's is the latest in a series of Republican retirements -- 16 at this point -- ahead of the 2020 election.

President Trump won California's 8th Congressional District, which Cook has represented for four terms, by more than 15 points in 2016.

Cook won his last election there against another Republican with 60 percent of the vote.

This is a developing report

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1. heavily Republican district

Cook won in 2018 by a 60-40 margin, but the guy running against him was also a Republican.

The Democrat finished 3rd in the primary behind Cook and fellow Republican Donnelly