Posted on 06/29/2013 1:36:03 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Five-term Rep. John Campbell, R-Calif., announced on Thursday that he will retire at the end of his term, citing a desire to start a new chapter in his life after 14 years in elected office.
At the end of this term, I will have spent 14 years serving in full-time, elected politics. I am not nor did I ever intend to be a career politician, Campbell said in a statement. I am ready to begin a new chapter in my life.
Campbell was first elected to Congress in a 2005 special election to replace former Rep. Christopher Cox, a Republican, who resigned to become chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Prior to being elected to Congress, Campbell spent five years in the California legislature as both a state representative and later a state senator.
Campbells retirement will leave an open seat in one of the few Republican-leaning districts in California. GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney carried the district with 55 percent in 2012.
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Total RINO. Cambpell was on RINO-mouthpiece Hugh Hewitt’s show last week, said his most important vote was helping push TARP through the House.
Lame. He can go to hell.
Right, right.
I really hate that cause it makes me want to support having the party anoint candidates in every seat and ostracize anyone else who dares to run as a Republican. And that’s very undemocratic.
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