Up For Grabs? Bill Young Retiring: Florida Republican Congressman Not Seeking Reelection In 2014

[kpete]

Bill Young Retiring: Florida Republican Congressman Not Seeking Reelection In 2014

Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.) announced Wedensday in a Tampa Bay Times interview that he has decided to retire when his term ends in 2014.

The congressman, 82, told the paper in a phone interview from Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, where he is recovering from a back injury. "I'm a little disappointed. It seems there's too much politics. It's a different Congress," he said.

He is Florida's longest-serving congressman, having first been elected in 1970. His district voted for President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, making it a possible Democratic pickup.

Young is one of 28 Republicans backing a "clean" continuing resolution to fund the government.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/09/bill-young-retires_n_4070956.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[Southside]

1. I honor all those years of serving his constituents, sad

If he is being pushed out. I don't know anything about Florida politics, but I hope no one like Allan West wins there.

Go Democrats!

[gopiscrap]

2. God, that would be great to capture that seat!