(Source: Des Moines Register, January 26, 2013)
DES MOINES, Iowa — Tom Harkin, Iowa’s powerful Democratic U.S. senator, won’t seek re-election in two years, he told The Des Moines Register this morning. His retirement is expected to leave a huge void for Iowa – he will have been in Congress for four decades by the end of this term — but clears the way for Democrats trying determine their lineup for 2014.
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