(DFLer) U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan won't run for re-election in 8th District (Minnesota)
Source: Star Tribune
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan said Friday that he will not run for re-election when his term ends in 2018.
"Now is the time for me to pass the baton to the next generation," Nolan said in a statement announcing his retirement.
Nolan, 74, has won two tough re-election battles in his northeastern Minnesota district since his election in 2012.
After a months-long dalliance with a run for governor in 2018, Nolan announced last summer that he would run for re-election in the Eighth Congressional District.
In a one-page statement issued Friday, he promised to "finish strong" the remaining months of his term.
Read more: http://www.startribune.com/nolan-won-t-run-for-re-election/473572863/
DFL is the Minnesota term for Democrat. This is a traditionally blue district that went for Trump in 2016 but reelected Nolan. He was facing an endorsement challenge in the party from a (my opinion, problematic and inexperienced) newcomer. This throws the district into strong purple territory and will be a fucking mess as well as a money sinkhole.
NBachers
(17,108 posts)pandr32
(11,582 posts)Tough district or not! Let's put a strong person in there.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,337 posts)steps up.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,337 posts)years, has taken a turn for the worse. Thoughts to her.
Weed Man
(304 posts)So you do not have any purples. Just either blue or red. And the red will be on a very long losing streak for the next generation or fifty.