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Which GOP crumb-bum is going to strap on the golden parachute next?
UPDATE (James Hell): Ding ding ding! It's Dave Weldon! (FL-15, R+4.1):
Rep. Dave Weldon (R-Fla.) announced Friday that he will retire from Congress at the end of this session, citing a desire to return to his medical practice.
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Weldon, 54, is a seven-term lawmaker who sits on the House Appropriations Committee.
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President Bush won Weldon's district in 2004 with 57 percent of the vote, compared to 43 percent for Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.).
P.S. (David): Dan Maffei added to DCCC's Red-to-Blue list. I'm very glad to see this.
Notable User Diaries
We forgot to do this last week, so here are two weeks' worth of great diaries:
- Plf515 has been absolutely on fire, bringing us no fewer than eight roundups covering twenty-four states: IN & NM, NC & NE, CA, AR, OR, IA, ME & UT, MT, ID, MO, SD & SC, TN, AL & NJ, VA, ND & GA, and FL, CT & MI. Sea to shining sea!
- Glacial Erratic updates us on an Iraq war vet, Bill Cahir, who has filed for the open-seat race in PA-05.
- Meanwhile, robert.harding keeps us in the loop on the latest with candidate Jon Powers, running against crumb-bum Tom Reynolds up in NY-26.
- Down South, skywrnchsr509 surveys the field in Mississippi, where the filing deadline has recently pass and where both GOP-held House seats are now open.
- RBH explores what might happen if MO-09 opens up, should GOP Rep. Kenny Huslhof run for governor.
- Sean takes a look at KY-03, where there's talk of GOP failure Anne Northup trying to revive from the dead after losing two elections in two years.
- The redoubtable Benawu provides a new update on the House race filing situation.
- And last but certainly not least, Dean Barker, a great friend of SSP's, tell us about the new wingnut challenger who has emerged to take on Paul Hodes in NH-02 - and utterly eviscerates her in the process.
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