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2010 U.S.H.R-MA "Rep. Delahunt says he won't run for re-election" (Andrew Miga - AP Writer, Findlaw.com, 3/4/10)
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Massachusetts Rep. William Delahunt will not run for re-election, the seven-term Democrat said Thursday night, a decision he said was not politically motivated as he faces criticism for his handling of a 1986 shooting by a University of Alabama professor accused of killing three colleagues last month.

"The decision had nothing to do with politics," Delahunt said in a statement. "I've been wrestling with this decision for a while."

Delahunt had been considering leaving Congress for several years but was talked out of it by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, who urged him to help pass President Barack Obama's first-term agenda.

Delahunt has come under fire in Massachusetts recently for his handling of the 1986 shooting in which Amy Bishop, the University of Alabama professor, killed her brother. At the time, Delahunt was the local district attorney and he accepted the findings of the local and state police that Bishop's shooting of her brother was accidental.

The retirement creates a rare open congressional seat in Massachusetts. All the House members from Massachusetts are Democrats.

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I swear, it's just hard to know what to say about these Dems deciding not to seek re-election. They're dropping out like flies.


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OK - none of my videos have worked for the past couple of days. I don't know why. I was trying to embed Queen singing "Another One Bites the Dust". Seems to be an increasingly appropriate theme song for Dems - for several reasons. lol

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