Leahy, most senior senator, will retire

Sen. Patrick Leahy won't seek reelection next year, concluding his final term in the Senate after nearly five decades

Sen. Patrick Leahy, the president pro tempore of the Senate and longest-serving member in the chamber, won't seek reelection next year, concluding his final term in the Senate after nearly five decades.

Leahy described the pride he felt his first months in the Senate, as the youngest member of the Senate Armed Services committee, casting multiple votes against reauthorizing involvement in the "endless war" in Vietnam. The war was popular in Vermont, Leahy said, but he still cast deciding votes against reauthorization.

News of Leahy's retirement is unlikely to make the seat competitive for Republicans, despite the GOP's momentum in other blue states leading into 2022. President Joe Biden won Vermont by a wider margin than any other state in 2020, when he defeated Donald Trump there by 35 percentage points. A spokesperson for the governor confirmed Monday that was still the case, saying Scott "has been clear that he is not running for the U.S. Senate next year."

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