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Politico reports:
Rep. Garret Graves said Friday he will not run for reelection — ending months of questions about his political future after redistricting scrambled Louisiana’s congressional map. Graves (R-La.), in a statement, said that “it is clear that running for Congress this year does not make sense.”
The decision comes as Graves, a close ally of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, was staring down two difficult choices: He could either have run in his radically redrawn district, which now favors President Joe Biden by 20 points, or run against one of his fellow incumbent House Republicans.
Read the full article. First elected in 2014, on January 6, 2021, Graves was among the 146 GOP House reps who voted against certifying Biden’s win.
Breaking: U.S. Rep. Garret Graves said Friday that he will not seek re-election to Congress after his district was transformed into a majority-Black district. https://t.co/bTir7qYn2s
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