29th Republican to retire from the House of Representatives this term

U.S. Rep. Reynolds retires

From Deirdre Walsh
CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-New York, announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of his term, saying it was time "to take up new challenges."

"As Abraham Lincoln said, 'It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.' " Reynolds said during a press conference in Williamsville, New York. "So even at the tender age of 58, I think I have enough life, and enough years, left to embark on the next leg of the journey."

Reynolds has represented his upstate New York district for five terms but won his last election by a small margin.

He will be the 29th Republican to retire from the House of Representatives this term, setting up potential gains for Democrats.

"With today's announcement, five of six elected Republican leaders from the 2006 cycle have retired or quit," Doug Thornell, press secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in a statement.
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Those "retiring" include Haster, DeLay, and Doolittle. I guess "forced retirement" still carries the same value with the M$M.

...http://wikiality.com/Spend_more_time_with_his_family">spend more time with his family?

His supervision was lax to say the least