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Longtime GOP Rep. Peter King won't seek reelection in New York
The Hill ^ | 11/11/19 | Kyle Balluck

Posted on 11/11/2019 4:31:12 AM PST by DoodleDawg

Longtime Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) announced Monday that he will not seek reelection next year.

King said in a statement on Facebook that “after 28 years of spending 4 days a week in Washington, D.C., it is time to end the weekly commute and be home in Seaford."

"This was not an easy decision. But there is a season for everything and Rosemary and I decided that, especially since we are both in good health, it is time to have the flexibility to spend more time with our children and grandchildren," King said.

"My daughter’s recent move to North Carolina certainly accelerated my thinking," he added. His daughter, former Hempstead Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney, resigned from office earlier this year from office and was replaced by another Republican in last week’s election.

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KEYWORDS: 116th; congress; gop; ny2020; peterking
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Another Democrat pickup?
1 posted on 11/11/2019 4:31:12 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

the guys a RINO anyway


2 posted on 11/11/2019 4:34:14 AM PST by wny
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It’s a good thing they come with a D or an R to better help recognize them.


3 posted on 11/11/2019 4:35:35 AM PST by heshtesh
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Draining the Swamp?


4 posted on 11/11/2019 4:35:55 AM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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Almost 100% that the Democrats will take the seat.


5 posted on 11/11/2019 4:36:57 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is now a hate-group)
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To: DoodleDawg

Her, it’s almost as if they are trying to give the House away, and/or get out before their own crimes are discovered.


6 posted on 11/11/2019 4:43:34 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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No matter....It's Dem majority already.

The guy is 75. He needs to go home and enjoy himself and his family.

7 posted on 11/11/2019 4:43:41 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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Yeah. He’s one we can afford to lose.


8 posted on 11/11/2019 4:50:22 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (When you think about what the left is doing to America, think no further than Cloward-Piven)
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Hope we can keep the seat. He won 53 percent his last election. Can a conservative win there? Even RINOs would have stopped the nonsense going on in the house right now. Majority with RINOs is better then minority without.


9 posted on 11/11/2019 4:52:00 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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We hear from him via the media because he is not a real republican conservative.


10 posted on 11/11/2019 4:52:54 AM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: Erik Latranyi

The 2nd District of NY is an R+3. It voted 53-44 for Trump. Why is it 100% that a Dem will replace King?


11 posted on 11/11/2019 4:53:19 AM PST by kabar
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To: DoodleDawg

Paul Ryan threw the GOP House in 2018. Now the GOP is retreating and making it much more likely that the Commie Rats hold the House and take the Senate in 2020.


12 posted on 11/11/2019 4:54:14 AM PST by Truth29
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Swamp being drained!


13 posted on 11/11/2019 4:54:49 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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The 2nd District of NY is an R+3. It voted 53-44 for Trump. Why is it 100% that a Dem will replace King?

Because the NY GOP is more useless than Mitt Romney.

14 posted on 11/11/2019 4:57:12 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is now a hate-group)
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His kids are leaving the state...wonder why


15 posted on 11/11/2019 5:07:20 AM PST by Hojczyk
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To: DoodleDawg

If conservatives would find DINOs to run in ‘Rat primaries, a ‘Rat pickup wouldn’t be so bad.


16 posted on 11/11/2019 5:09:47 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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“The 2nd District of NY is an R+3. It voted 53-44 for Trump. Why is it 100% that a Dem will replace King?”

Of course it’s not. This is yet more blather from the perennial gloom and doom nervous nellie bed wetters on this forum.


17 posted on 11/11/2019 5:13:21 AM PST by billyboy15
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To: Truth29
Your first sentence is correct, no so much the second.

Most people voting for Trump will vote straight GOP after watching Liddle Adam Schiff.

18 posted on 11/11/2019 5:13:53 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: wny

He must have a deep Ukraine connection after 28 years.


19 posted on 11/11/2019 5:15:03 AM PST by cnsmom
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To: kabar
King's daughter recently moved to North Carolina.

I'm willing to bet that every Trump voter in that district has already done the same thing since 2016, or is planning to do it as soon as the opportunity presents itself.

20 posted on 11/11/2019 5:15:37 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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