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The Arizona Republic reports:
Condemning the nastiness of Republican politics in the era of President Donald Trump, Sen. Jeff Flake on Tuesday announced he will serve out the remainder of his term but will not seek re-election in 2018.
The bombshell, which Flake, R-Ariz., intended to detail Tuesday afternoon on the Senate floor, will further roil Republican hopes of keeping the party’s 52-seat Senate majority in the midterm elections of Trump’s first term, when the president’s party historically loses seats in Congress. It also likely will upend the race for Flake’s seat.
Flake, one of the Senate’s more prominent critics of President Donald Trump, has been struggling in the polls. He told The Arizona Republic ahead of his announcement that he has become convinced “there may not be a place for a Republican like me in the current Republican climate or the current Republican Party.”
AZ Sen. Jeff Flake won’t run for re-election. Trumpification of the GOP continues, as principled conservatives opt-out of a spineless party.
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) October 24, 2017
Senator Jeff Flake retiring is evidence that many Republicans, just like most Americans, don't like unified #GOP control of the government. https://t.co/D8v4Azm1K1
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 24, 2017
#BREAKING: Republican Senator Jeff Flake is retiring, not running for re-election in 2018-this is very bad news for Trump#ImpeachTrump
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 24, 2017
Bombshell: Flake won't run for reelection, giving Dems key pickup opportunity https://t.co/BjjSxY5FXw
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 24, 2017
.@JeffFlake will visit #TheLead today
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 24, 2017