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Lincoln Diaz-Balart Will Not Seek Re-election In November
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
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Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) will announce his retirement at a press conference this afternoon.
Diaz-Balart has represented his Miami-based district in the House for 18 years. His retirement brings the number of House Republicans who will not seek reelection in 2010 to 18. Most of those 18 serve solidly red districts, but Diaz-Balart's could be competitive.
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)--brother of Lincoln--serves a neighboring, though less safe district and some reports suggest that Mario might run for Lincoln's seat. That would leave two contestable House seats vacant as the November elections approach.
A Republican source tells TPMDC that state Rep. David Rivera (R-FL), who is currently running for a local state Senate seat, could in turn switch races and run for Mario's House seat, as Mario switches into Lincoln's district.
Additional reporting by Eric Kleefeld
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AhTrini1
February 11, 2010 11:25 AM
Yes, but's the Dems who are so scared they are running from the races, NOT!
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masanf
February 11, 2010 12:48 PM in reply to AhTrini1
Not all retirements are the same. More Democrats in districts that are/were expected to flip have retired. The retirements of Blue Dogs in more conservative districts is far more significant tnan Republicans retiring in safe districts.
Trying to compare the two and then claiming that the "media" is wrong in emphasizing Democratic retirements is like claiming there is no difference between Byron Dorgan retiring and Mike Enzi or Mike Crapo(two hypothetical examples) retiring.
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Thomas G Williams
February 11, 2010 11:34 AM
I guess the JEWISH folks are finnally going to get this guy for what he did during the funeral ceremony for holocaust survivor and truely honorable Congressman Lantos.
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Darrius
February 11, 2010 11:44 AM in reply to Thomas G Williams
What't that about?
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Kid Zemo
February 11, 2010 11:54 AM in reply to Darrius
He called a procedural vote during a memorial service for Congressman Lantos.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/02/meltdown_on_house_floor_disrup.html
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tjiny
February 11, 2010 11:44 AM in reply to Thomas G Williams
What did he do?
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daveminnj
February 11, 2010 11:46 AM in reply to Thomas G Williams
fill me in on that?
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Marinus van der Lubbe
February 11, 2010 12:02 PM
In the middle of the congressional memorial ceremony for Tom Lantos (D-Ca) who was a Holocaust survivor, Diaz-Balart forced a procedural vote and pissed a lot of people off.
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jim43
February 11, 2010 2:04 PM
How is the GOP supposed to take over Congress when 20 of their vets are already bowing out?
http://www.political-buzz.com/
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