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Illinois Rep. Shimkus won't run for reelection
The Hill ^ | 08/30/19 | Juliegrace Brufke

Posted on 08/30/2019 1:57:14 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

GOP Rep. John Shimkus announced Friday he will not seek reelection for Illinois’s 15th Congressional District next year.

Shimkus, who has served in the House since 1997, said while his tenure in Congress has been “an honor of a lifetime” he is looking to spend more time with his family.

“As Illinois candidates begin to circulate petitions next week, now is the time for me to announce that I will not be seeking re-election. … Serving in Congress has been a blessing, but it has also been a sacrifice for my wife Karen, and our boys,” he said in a statement.

SNIP


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
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1 posted on 08/30/2019 1:57:14 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Should be an easy GOP hold but all the retirements in our side are not a good sign.


2 posted on 08/30/2019 1:58:36 PM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
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To: yesthatjallen

How many GOP ship-jumpers thus far? Seems one is announcing departure every other day.


3 posted on 08/30/2019 1:59:50 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party)
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To: yesthatjallen

Total bullshit. 61 years old. No little children to worry about. Jumping ship. Now we have to find another. Probably for the better even if the seat is gone.


4 posted on 08/30/2019 2:00:07 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: ScottinVA
I believe 3.

Shimkus, Sean Duffy, and one I can't name.

5 posted on 08/30/2019 2:01:50 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: ScottinVA
"How many GOP ship-jumpers thus far? Seems one is announcing departure every other day."

#NeverTrumpers being flushed down the crapper by Trumps' solid achievements?

6 posted on 08/30/2019 2:03:05 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

And not a coincidence possibly.

Some say our side is forcing them out to get more conservative guys in.

Others say deep state had goods on them and is telling them to step down.

Always harder to retake a seat than hold it.

Wouldn’t be surprised at deep state involvement.

Unless this is a historically normal number of retirements.

Seems like a lot.

They already showed they own Everyone by killing epstein and his cameras


7 posted on 08/30/2019 2:04:58 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Total bullshit.

Agree 100 percent. All these "won't seek re-election" incidents ... really?

Who is buying these people off to get out of the way?

8 posted on 08/30/2019 2:18:30 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: dp0622; LS; SunkenCiv; Liz

Another one (GrOPElite) bites the dust.

And Ryan led this effort to defeat Trump in the 2018 House elections by retiring out GOP old-timers.

Look out for him to seek the 2024 nomination as a “savior” of the Party, right?


9 posted on 08/30/2019 2:20:55 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
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To: yesthatjallen
I apologize in advance, but I think it is fun to purposefully misconstrue what people say. The English language is really ambiguous!

Shimkus, Sean Duffy, and one I can't name.

So, would you be shot by morning? Or, is the name so distressing that people would actually faint?!

10 posted on 08/30/2019 2:20:59 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: yesthatjallen

The GOP has its head up its butt.


11 posted on 08/30/2019 2:43:22 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: ScottinVA

13 in the House, 1 in the Senate


12 posted on 08/30/2019 2:44:29 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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As of a month ago so more have been added since...Isakson this week.

“”On Monday Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) announced he would not be running for Congressional reelection. He is the fourth Republican to retire from the House of Representatives in the past two weeks.

Reps. Paul Mitchell (R-MI), Pete Olson (R-TX), and Martha Roby (R-AL) also announced they would not seek reelection to the House.””

Sorry - lost the link and can’t locate it again.


13 posted on 08/30/2019 2:46:03 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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I lost the link I had for a few of them - do you have a link for the 13?


14 posted on 08/30/2019 2:47:21 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Lizavetta

He’s cashing out and heading to a “job” as lobbyist most likely.


15 posted on 08/30/2019 2:47:37 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Robert A Cook PE

Nothing would surprise me anymore.


16 posted on 08/30/2019 2:51:18 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: lodi90

“...more time with the family...” tends to mean he can’t meeet the payments that keep the gf quiet.


17 posted on 08/30/2019 2:53:02 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Thank You Rush
Isakson is not any sort of political retirement.

He has had Parkinson's Disease for years, and things just got much worse over the past couple of months. Fell and broke several ribs. Been in a wheelchair. Only surprised that he didn't resign some time ago.

18 posted on 08/30/2019 2:58:53 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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19 posted on 08/30/2019 3:11:58 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: yesthatjallen

Whatever it takes to complete the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA).........


20 posted on 08/30/2019 3:12:45 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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