Rep. Sue Myrick won't seek re-election
(CNN) - Rep. Sue Myrick of North Carolina, the first Republican woman to represent the state in Congress, announced Tuesday she will not seek re-election.
"Thanks for the trust you have placed in us all these years," Myrick said in a statement on her Facebook page. "We will spend the rest of the year working on the issues that are important to all of you – and I hope to be a positive influence in all our negotiations."
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The nine-term congresswoman represents North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, which includes portions of Gaston, Union and Mecklenburg Counties. Prior to her years on Capitol Hill, she served as mayor of Charlotte.
She's the third House member from the state to announce a decision against running for re-election. Following the results of a new redistricting map, Democratic Reps. Brad Miller and Heath Shuler also retire after completing their terms in 2013.
Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue, who was expected to face a tough battle for re-election in the fall, also recently announced she will not run.
Myrick is the 15th Republican to pass on a House re-election bid, while 20 Democrats will not be seeking to keep their seats.
Democrats need 25 seats to re-capture the chamber.
- CNN Political Editor Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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Nine terms is long enough, time to go. They shall all be limited to 12 years: 6 terms in the House, 2 terms in the Senate. No more career politicans.
Now if that crazy woman, Virginia Foxx, would resign, there would be one less vote for fascism in congress.
If this were a Dem the Repubs would be fabricating stories about her wanting to run away from the mistakes of the GOP leadership.
I smell scandal.
Do we really want to see more uncompromising Tea Party freshmen in the House?
No more insider trading , it's better to move over to K street .
Thanks for years of commitment.
GROVER NORQUIST IS A ENEMY OF THE STATE - I smell scandal.
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Change your underwear....
She didn't help get the country moving in the right direction after Bush put the hurt on us. Good riddance.
Rudy NYC - Do we really want to see more uncompromising Tea Party freshmen in the House
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What you want is irrelevant. It is what you will get thanks to Obama, Reid and Pelosi. Deal with it.
The Rats, I mean the Republicans, have started to leave their sinking ship. Bush is like the Captain of the Italian Cruis ship that holed itself and started sinking, Bush left the ship and McCain suspended his presidential campaign in October 2008, paralyzed by the magnitude of the disaster the Republican had created ... and Mitt "I like to loot Pension Funds" Romney is making stump speeches like a concussed punch drunk boxer or hockey "enforcer".
I am surprised. A rightie gone. And truth has no nice things to say about her?
1 less Rep.–great, just keep the momentum going!!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Truth wrote:
What you want is irrelevant. It is what you will get thanks to Obama, Reid and Pelosi. Deal with it.
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Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks, you needed that.
My family have lived years under her lack of representation. They have nothing but horrible things to say about Myrick whenever name comes up. Good riddance, deadweight.
GROVER NORQUIST IS A ENEMY OF THE STATE
I smell scandal.
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Why do you never "smell scandal" when it's a dem retiring?
Truth:
What the matter, you know how to spell the word truth, yet you wouldn't know the truth if it was your President. To bad for you that the rethugzz only know how to lie, and they know you will believe any thing, and you do believe anything, all the lies.
Poor, Poor truth, he think their for he is dumb, and yes most rethugzz are DUMB FAKE NEWS VIEWS.
Hey Truth your Repub obstructionist are looking like rats jumping from a sinking ship.She's stole enough to live on ,so let her go.Everyone's seeing the light with YOUR OLD MO.Dems will take back the house and senate and make sure we will hold on to it this time.Independent voters are sick of the mud slinging,hypocrites commenting on hypocrites,what a concept.POTUS doesn't have to raise a finger,may run unopposed,wouldn't that be a kick in your rear, TRUTH....Truth hurts doesn't it,have a nice day...
One less rethuglican is always a good thing, no matter what the reason is.
And to TRUTH's first post, we already have term limits, they're called ELECTIONS.
She's already got that lucrative historian job at some giant corporation.