BREAKING: Sen. Patrick Leahy, the most senior Democrat in Congress, won't seek re-election.
Nov. 15, 2021, 3:08 PM UTCWASHINGTON — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., plans to retire at the end of his term, the veteran lawmaker told reporters in his home state on Monday.
Leahy, 81, is the longest-serving current senator, having served since 1975. He currently chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee chair and is third in the line of succession to the presidency as president pro tempore of the Senate, after the vice president and the Speaker of the House. He was last re-elected in 2016.The Senate is divided 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats, with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris as the tie-breaking vote.
The seat should be safe for Democrats, although Republicans are expected to hold the electoral advantage going into the 2022 midterms. President Joe Biden by 35 percentage points in 2020. The state's other senator, Bernie Sanders, is considered one of the most liberal member of the Senate.
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