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elleng

(130,825 posts)
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 11:54 AM Feb 2014

Members of Congress Who Are Leaving Office

Forty-five representatives and senators have announced plans to leave their seats in Congress before November congressional elections, including 24 Republicans and 21 Democrats.

The latest to announce was Democrat John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress who represented Michigan in the House of Representatives for nearly six decades.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2014/02/24/us/politics/24reuters-usa-politics-departures.html?hp&_r=0

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Members of Congress Who Are Leaving Office (Original Post) elleng Feb 2014 OP
looking at the names and states i'd say on balance this is worse for democrats. unblock Feb 2014 #1

unblock

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1. looking at the names and states i'd say on balance this is worse for democrats.
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 11:57 AM
Feb 2014

that said, a bit of turnover in congress probably isn't a bad thing....

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