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Alabama Senator Announces 2022 Retirement

Richard Shelby 2022 retirement
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“I had a good run and I still have a couple of years left. I didn’t mean to stay that long.”

Now 86 years old, Republican Senator Richard Shelby (Ala.), who began his congressional career as a Democrat, was first elected to the House in 1978 and the Senate in 1986.

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“He’s a smart, sharp, clever, ambitious guy, but what he did today was a brain-dead moment. He will be reminded of it for the rest of his life.”

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