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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIleana Ros-Lehtinen (R) to retire from Congress
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U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the dean of the Florida legislative delegation and the first Cuban American elected to Congress, is retiring at the end of her term next year, saying its time to move on after 38 years in elected office.
It's been such a delight and a high honor to serve our community for so many years and help constituents every day of the week, the Miami Republican told the Miami Herald in an exclusive telephone interview Sunday. We just said, It's time to take a new step.
Her unexpected retirement marks the end of a storied career in which Ros-Lehtinen repeatedly broke political ground as a Cuban-American woman -- and gives Democrats an opportunity to pick up a South Florida congressional seat in 2018.
Ros-Lehtinen, 64, was elected last November to Floridas redrawn 27th district, a stretch of Southeast Miami-Dade County that leans so Democratic that Hillary Clinton won it over Donald Trump by 20 percentage points. It was Clinton's biggest margin of any Republican-held seat in the country.
It's been such a delight and a high honor to serve our community for so many years and help constituents every day of the week, the Miami Republican told the Miami Herald in an exclusive telephone interview Sunday. We just said, It's time to take a new step.
Her unexpected retirement marks the end of a storied career in which Ros-Lehtinen repeatedly broke political ground as a Cuban-American woman -- and gives Democrats an opportunity to pick up a South Florida congressional seat in 2018.
Ros-Lehtinen, 64, was elected last November to Floridas redrawn 27th district, a stretch of Southeast Miami-Dade County that leans so Democratic that Hillary Clinton won it over Donald Trump by 20 percentage points. It was Clinton's biggest margin of any Republican-held seat in the country.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article147718764.html
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) to retire from Congress (Original Post)
PatsFan87
Apr 2017
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Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)1. That's One! Speaker Pelosi here we come n/t
GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)2. Good bye.
Good riddance.
Vogon_Glory
(9,118 posts)3. I suppose Ros Lehtinen couldn't stomach the alt-right stench of today's GOP
Despite my dislike for her politics, I can't say I blame her for that.
I suppose that after her retirement, she'll be living la vida sin Pepe.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)4. Don't let the door hit you on the ass
on the way out.