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Issa Will not Seek Re-election After Serving Ninth Term

by Associated Press

   WASHINGTON --

   Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California says he will not seek
   re-election after serving out his ninth term in Congress.

   Issa's decision continues a string of GOP lawmakers who have decided to
   retire rather than take on what would be a difficult re-election
   battle.

   Democrats had made defeating Issa one of their top priorities in the
   midterm elections.

   Issa is a longtime nemesis of the Democrats and then-President Barack
   Obama. He once served as chairman of the House Oversight and Government
   Reform Committee and led investigations of the IRS and its treatment of
   conservative groups and Benghazi.