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The New York Times reports:
Senator Richard C. Shelby, a shrewd force in the Senate for more than 30 years and a longtime political powerhouse in his home state of Alabama, said on Monday that he would not seek a seventh term.
Mr. Shelby, 86, a onetime conservative Democrat who switched to the Republican Party in 1994, had been hinting that he would not run again, and said in an interview that he had decided to bring his time in Washington to a close.
His retirement next year will touch off an intramural scramble for the open seat among Republicans, but Democrats have little chance of picking off a seat in deep-red Alabama, particularly in a midterm election with a Democrat in the White House.
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Sen Shelby makes it official. Won’t run for re-election. Chaired four committees in the Senate and was a very shrewd operator over the years when it came to funding Alabama projects. https://t.co/2oIa3oMiOp
— Carl Hulse (@hillhulse) February 8, 2021