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Title: retiring congressmen, senators
Post by: franksolich on October 21, 2011, 06:01:55 AM

http://nationaljournal.com/congress/saying-goodbye-change-in-the-112th-congress-20111020

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HOUSE

RESIGNED (5)

Democrats (3)

   1. Jane Harman (Calif.) -- resigned to become president of the Woodrow Wilson Center
   2. Anthony Weiner (N.Y.) -- resigned in wake of Twitter-photo scandal
   3. David Wu (Ore.) -- resigned in wake of report that he had an "unwanted sexual encounter" with the teenage daughter of a campaign donor

Republicans (2)

   1. Chris Lee (N.Y.) -- resigned in wake of his reply to an online personal ad with a shirtless photo of himself
   2. Dean Heller (Nev.) -- resigned after being appointed senator

Retiring (6)

Democrats (6)

   1. Dan Boren (Okla.)
   2. Lynn Woolsey (N.Y.)
   3. Dale Kildee (Mich.)
   4. Mike Ross (Ark.)
   5. Jerry Costello (Ill.)
   6. Dennis Cardoza (Calif.)

Republicans (0)

Running for Other Offices (14)

Democrats (7)

   1. Chris Murphy (Conn.) -- running for Senate
   2. Martin Heinrich (N.M.) -- running for Senate
   3. Shelley Berkley (Nev.) -- running for Senate
   4. Joe Donnelly (Ind.) -- running for Senate
   5. Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) -- running for Senate
   6. Jay Inslee (Wash.) -- running for governor
   7. Bob Filner (Calif.) -- running for mayor (San Diego)

Republicans (7)

   1. Denny Rehberg (Mont.) -- running for Senate
   2. Jeff Flake (Ariz.) -- running for Senate
   3. Mike Pence (Ind.) -- running for governor
   4. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) -- running for president
   5. Ron Paul (Texas) -- running for president
   6. Todd Akin (Mo.) -- running for Senate
   7. Rick Berg (N.D.) -- running for Senate

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SENATE

Resigned (1)

Democrats (0)

Republicans (1)

   1. John Ensign (Nev.) -- resigned after almost two years of investigations into his affair with his staffer's wife and his attempts to hide it

Retiring (8)

Democrats (6)

   1. Kent Conrad (N.D.)
   2. Joe Lieberman (Conn.)
   3. Jim Webb (Va.)
   4. Jeff Bingaman (N.M.)
   5. Daniel Akaka (Hawaii)
   6. Herb Kohl (Wis.)

Republicans (2)

   1. Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas)
   2. Jon Kyl (Ariz.)

Running for Other Offices (0)

Democrats (0)

Republicans (0)

I wasn't aware Kyl of Arizona was hanging up his hat.