Posted on 03/02/2015 6:56:25 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Maryland Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski will announce later Monday that she won’t seek reelection in 2016, two sources familiar with her plans confirmed to POLITICO, opening up a seat long coveted by Free State Democrats looking to move up.
The 78-year-old Mikulski is the longest-serving woman in congressional history. She was first elected to the Senate in 1986, after serving five terms in the House.
Mikulski’s campaign called an 11 a.m. press conference in Baltimore on only a few hours’ notice, saying only that she’d make an “important announcement about her future plans.”
Her retirement will create an open seat in a state where President Barack Obama won 62 percent of the vote in 2012. Democrats control seven of the state’s eight House seats: Reps. Elijah Cummings, John Sarbanes, Donna Edwards, John Delaney and Chris Van Hollen could risk their seats and run statewide.
But Democrats could also be tempted to challenge first-term GOP Gov. Larry Hogan in 2018.
.. old hag is retiring ping.
Crosslinking an earlier thread on the topic:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3263150/posts
Sen. Mikulski said to be retiring from Senate [MD]
Can anybody name one thing which she actually accomplished?
Her work is done. She’s helped to destroy any form of liberty or freedom for Marylanders. We’ll done Barbara. N
Just based on what you listed she’s likely due for a ginormous monument somewhere in DC upon her death.
Good Riddance!!
Good.
Another, younger Dem will just fill her slot.
Move On and Occupy Leftists are breathlessly waiting to take the place of all the fossil Dems who will be retired or dead by 2020. That is when the Left/Right divide in the country will become difficult for the Democrat media to hide what these radicals really want, which has always been power and control.
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A huge thing she’s been able to accomplish is bringing vast amounts of federal money for the Intel community to places like Ft Meade And the like making these MD counties the most wealthy in the country. This is why she gets voted in time and time again.
There IS a God!
“Free State Democrats”
Non sequitur much?
As seen on a news reporting website’s comment section: “I hope she’s replaced by an American this time.”
Worthless politician. Sadly, its in the demokratik peoples republic of MD in a presidential year, so this will probably go to some buffoon like Omalley.
One of yours, who lasted 100 years : )
Michael Steele, maybe?
Good riddance.
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