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applegrove

(118,658 posts) Mon Aug 5, 2019, 02:14 AM Aug 2019

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House GOP Retirements Continue

House GOP Retirements Continue

August 4, 2019 at 11:18 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 129 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/08/04/house-gop-retirements-continue/

"SNIP....

Rep. Ken Marchant (R-TX) will announce his retirement from Congress tomorrow, the New York Times reports.

He’ll be the fourth Texas Republican in recent weeks to call it quits.

Marchant’s district is highly competitive. After winning it by double digits, he only carried it by three percentage points last year.

.....SNIP"

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House GOP Retirements Continue (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2019 OP

A small glimmer of good news among all the bad... thx for posting Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #1

McCaul is reportedly coming soon RandySF Aug 2019 #2

I'd love to see those internal polls. OnDoutside Aug 2019 #3

Good riddance Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 #4

Hurray! PandoraAwakened Aug 2019 #5

Thekaspervote

(32,767 posts)

1. A small glimmer of good news among all the bad... thx for posting

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Aug 5, 2019, 02:20 AM

Aug 2019

RandySF

(58,823 posts)

2. McCaul is reportedly coming soon

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Aug 5, 2019, 02:20 AM

Aug 2019

And there’s social media chatter around John Carter.

OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)

3. I'd love to see those internal polls.

Reply to RandySF (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 5, 2019, 04:05 AM

Aug 2019

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts)

4. Good riddance

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Aug 5, 2019, 05:06 AM

Aug 2019

PandoraAwakened

(905 posts)

5. Hurray!

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Aug 5, 2019, 09:22 AM

Aug 2019

Don't let the door hit you on the way out, asswipe Marchant!

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