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Agassi Won't Seek Congress Seat in 2006
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Jul 14, 2005 09:15pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Friday, July 15, 2005 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Andre Agassi has made it official: He's not running for Congress in Nevada's 2006 elections.
Gil Eisner, a retired Summerlin resident, sought to draft Agassi, who lives in Las Vegas, to run for the 3rd Congressional District seat held by Rep. Jon Porter (news, bio, voting record), a Republican. He said Agassi would be perfect because of his name recognition and reputation as a philanthropist.
"While I am flattered by the recent effort to draft me to run for Congress, I presently have no plans to enter the political arena," Agassi said in a statement released Wednesday by R&R Partners on behalf of the Agassi Foundation. "I will continue to focus my efforts on tennis, my foundation and my family."
Eisner had formed a citizens' congressional exploratory committee hoping to get Agassi into the race. He said the Democratic Party hasn't shown enough initiative in grooming candidates to challenge Porter in the swing district, with nearly equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans. |
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