Senator Tom harkin, Iowa democratic senior and most free one senator, said, on Saturday, he will not seek re-election, by 2014, will be in risk is considered to be a safe democratic seats.
The third senator harkin, the 73 - year - old agricultural policy, education and expand the rights of disabled people, concentrated he nearly forty years congress career is facing re-election next year announced his retirement, the Democrats jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Georgia republican sachs than money, the cloth.
"This is someone else's turn. It's time for me to take...... I think it is not only beneficial to our party, this is very good for our country and our country," jin told Reuters in an interview.
And he said, he doesn't have any health problems, but has promised his wife, he would quit, lest too late, enjoy the life of other things.
Iowa, the country's first presidential nomination contest web site, is considered to be the political swing state republican Iowa U.S. senator Charles grasse and (Charles Grassley).
In Iowa Democratic Party central committee after the speech, he declared, jin said he will stay in the political initiative.
"I'm not quit, this is not a traditional lecture or similar things," jin said, since 1974, have been at the congress.
Members of some people, the tears flow down, because he said his cheeks.
He decades of public service senior Democrats, President Obama, praise jin.
"In his tenure, he played enthusiasm," Obama said in a statement, disabled people and their family, in order to improve the people's quality of life, the reform of our education system, to ensure that every American people get affordable health care.
Democrats in the state of Nevada, the senate majority leader Harry Reid (Harry Reid) in a statement that the jin as "a passionate progress, provide a light beacon Democrats for decades deep-rooted principles."
Search is ON
Party officials say, jin's announcement, in the present two years early election cycle, hire a strong democratic candidate provides plenty of time.
In the Democratic Party, the United States representative Bruce bradely is widely considered to be leader. The United States agriculture secretary Tom will sarkozy, former Iowa governor and his wife, Christina agriculture minister will sarkozy, not successfully run to congress last year, can also be seen as potential candidates.
In the republicans, the representative of the United States Tom latham, gentle, and Steve gold, a conservative, are mentioned as a possible candidate, this may be the divergence of the republican primaries.
Obama won the Iowa in the November election. But the country has republican governor, and a divided parliament and congressional delegation.
Jin's retirement "only strengthened our faith, grassroots republican Bob up like a cork can occur in 2014, we have started in Iowa, Iowa republican President AJ spike said:" in an email calls for national republican.
The party needs the most seats has warmed next year 100 members of the senate in the midterm elections six seats.
The senate last the conservative liberal, jin in anger against the White House, vice President Biden (Joe Biden) Kentucky senate republican leader mitch MaiKangNaiEr negotiations in a recent accounting cliff compromise.
Jin said, only increased tax on very rich agreement, help affluent middle class fee.
In 1974, the house of representatives and the senate in 1984 was first elected, jin said, a young demand, take his place.



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