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Jay Inslee, Washington Congressman, Resigning To Focus On Gubernatorial Campaign
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| Contributor | TX DEM |
| Last Edited | TX DEM Mar 10, 2012 12:29pm |
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| Category | Announcement |
| Media | Website - Huffington Post |
| News Date | Saturday, March 10, 2012 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Congressman Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) will announce on Saturday that he is resigning from Congress to devote time to his run for governor, a Democratic source tells The Huffington Post.
The move should allow the long-serving Washington Democrat to up his name recognition across the state, which has been one of the difficulties facing his gubernatorial campaign. The trans-continental commute from D.C. to Washington has severely limited the amount of time Inslee has been able to campaign in the state.
The announcement will leave Democrats one vote smaller in the House, but officials running the Democratic gubernatorial races are surely pleased by the move. As recently as February 14, the Seattle Times was reporting that "some Democratic operatives have been quietly agitating for Inslee to quit Congress and concentrate on campaigning full-time. Inslee has said he has no plans to do so." |
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