Rep. Bob Goodlatte Announces He Is Retiring

[Swordsmyth]

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2018.

“With my time as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee ending in December 2018, this is a natural stepping-off point and an opportunity to begin a new chapter of my career and spend more time with my family, particularly my granddaughters,” Goodlatte said in a statement.

The Virginia Republican is term-limited as Judiciary chairman. His announcement follows a number of high-profile Democratic wins in Virginia on Tuesday.

Goodlatte represents what is considered a safe Republican district in the rural western part of the state. Republican Ed Gillespie, who lost to Democrat Ralph Northam in Virginia’s gubernatorial race this week, carried the district by 22 points (https://twitter.com/JMilesColeman/status/928103603407122432). Donald Trump won it by a similar margin in last year’s presidential election.

More at: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bob-goodlatte-retiring_us_5a047c3ee4b0937b5110313c


https://www.thenewamerican.com/freedom-index
Dist.6: Bob Goodlatte (https://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=828&nameid=G000289) - 60%





Fare thee well and get ye lost.

[Zippyjuan]

Ballotpedia reports that this raises the number of Republicans not running for re-election to the House of Representatives in 2018 to 21 plus two in the Senate.

Ten Democrats in the House say they will not run again- and no senators. https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_U.S._Congress_incumbents_who_are_not_runni ng_for_re-election_in_2018

Of those, five Republicans and three Democrats are seeking Senate seats and four Democrats and five Republicans are running for Governor.

[William Tell]

Karen Kwiatowski.....

[cjm]

Karen Kwiatowski.....

I'm ready to go if she is.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzOHq5WbQ8k

UPDATE: she's not running. sigh.