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November 16, 2021

Sen. Patrick Leahy to Resign in 2022; Beto O'Rourke Will Run for Texas Governor
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Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy announced Monday he will retire
when his term ends in 2022. Leahy is 81 years old, chair of the powerful
Senate Appropriations Committee, and is the longest-serving Senator
currently in office.

In Texas, Beto O'Rourke said Monday he's running for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination and hopes to unseat incumbent Republican
Governor Greg Abbott in 2022. O'Rourke became a high-profile Democratic
presidential candidate after he narrowly lost his bid to unseat Texas
Republican senator Ted Cruz in 2018.

Meanwhile, an analysis of heavily gerrymandered Congressional maps
proposed by Republican state legislatures since the 2020 census shows
redistricting alone is on pace to give Republicans a House majority in
the Midterm elections.


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