Republican official: US Rep. Johnson to retire

AP ^

[deek69]

Veteran Illinois U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson intends to drop his bid for a seventh term and retire, a Republican official said Wednesday. Johnson was expected to make a public announcement of his decision Thursday, said the official, who spoke directly with Johnson but would confirm the decision only on condition of anonymity in order not to pre-empt the congressman's formal announcement.

[1rudeboy]

...but would confirm the decision only on condition of anonymity in order not to pre-empt the congressman's formal announcement.

uh

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Progressive Rating: 15/100
Conservative Rating: 33/100
Number of 2009 roll-call votes from which Rep. Johnson was absent: 76

[Dogbert41]

The leak must have come from Romney’s camp.

[stylin19a]

this has been in the local illinois papers for a couple of days already.

[exit82]

Orders from the Combine?