{"id":2101314,"date":"2023-11-16T19:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T00:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-house-democrat-announces-he-wont-run-for-re-election-putting-battleground-seat-up-for-grabs\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T19:32:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T00:32:03","slug":"senior-house-democrat-announces-he-wont-run-for-re-election-putting-battleground-seat-up-for-grabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-house-democrat-announces-he-wont-run-for-re-election-putting-battleground-seat-up-for-grabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior House Democrat Announces He Won&#8217;t Run for Re-Election, Putting Battleground Seat Up for Grabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenior-house-democrat-announces-he-wont-run-for-re-election-putting-battleground-seat-up-for-grabs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2101314&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Democratic Rep.\u200c Dan Kildee of Michigan to Retire from Congress<\/h2>\n<p>After serving six terms in office, Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee \u200bof Michigan \u200bhas announced that he will be\u200b stepping away from Congress. This decision comes after Kildee underwent surgery earlier this year to remove a cancerous tumor, according to \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2023\/11\/16\/congress\/kildee-not-seeking-reelection-house-michigan-00127570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-de4ef712=\"\">Reflecting on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-for-banning-travel-from-india-after-what-he-said-when-trump-banned-travel-from-china\/\" title=\"Biden Slammed For Banning Travel From India After What He Said When Trump Banned Travel From China\">health scare<\/a>, Kildee shared, &#8220;One of the things about\u200c going through a tough\u2062 health diagnosis and then coming out OK \u2026 it does cause you to sort of sit back and say, OK, what are my priorities?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kildee was diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senior-house-democrat-announces-he-wont-run-for-re-election-putting-battleground-seat-up-for-grabs\/\" title=\"Senior House Democrat Announces He Won't Run for Re-Election, Putting Battleground Seat Up for Grabs\">squamous cell carcinoma earlier<\/a> this year \u200dbut was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kurt-schlichter-the-desantis-doctrine\/\" title=\"Kurt Schlichter: The DeSantis Doctrine\">declared cancer-free<\/a> by April.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: Rep. Dan Kildee\u2062 tells me he will not seek reelection to his battleground Michigan House seat.<\/p>\n<p>After battling cancer this year, Kildee said it\u200b was time to \u200cask himself, &#8220;OK, what are my priorities?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vSoCja1OPD\">https:\/\/t.co\/vSoCja1OPD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Ferris (@sarahnferris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahnferris\/status\/1725182218316722492?\">November 16,\u2064 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Explaining his decision, Kildee stated, &#8220;When I\u2063 weigh how things \u200dare working here, and maybe a different way I can make a difference back home\u200b and be close to family, it became a pretty easy decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his time in Congress, Kildee has\u2063 risen through the ranks to become the co-chair of the Democratic caucus&#8217; steering and policy committee and a member of the Ways and Means Committee.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Will Republicans\u2062 gain seats\u2064 in the\u2062 House in 2024?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this\u200b poll entitles you to The\u2064 Western Journal news updates free of charge via email. You may \u200bopt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes:\u2062 100% (14 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo:\u200b 0%\u200d (0 \u2063Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3528858\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>Kildee&#8217;s 8th Congressional District was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/red-wave-2024-new-statistics-show-trend-republicans-celebrating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">redrawn<\/a> in 2022, although he still won re-election.<\/p>\n<p>Following \u2063his\u2062 retirement announcement, the Cook Political Report changed his seat from leaning Democratic \u2063to a toss-up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Another tough open seat for Dems to defend. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MI08?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MI08<\/a> \u200bmoves from Lean D to Toss Up at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CookPolitical?\">@CookPolitical<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WVDQ0dTi5U\">https:\/\/t.co\/WVDQ0dTi5U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Redistrict\/status\/1725185930242478434?\">November 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>John Sellek, a \u2062Michigan \u2064Republican campaign worker, described this announcement as an &#8220;earthquake in\u2063 Michigan \u200cpolitics,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/michigan-political-earthquake-us-rep-dan-kildee-wont-run-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridge Michigan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Marinella,\u2063 spokesman for the National Republican Congressional\u200c Committee, viewed the change \u200bas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-republicans-get-2024-boost-sen-joe-manchins-surprise-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good news<\/a> for the GOP, \u2062as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/11\/16\/dan-kildee-retire-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>. Marinella stated, &#8220;Republicans are \u2063looking forward to flipping this seat \u2062red.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC dedicated \u200cto maintaining a Republican majority in the House,\u200d also sees this\u2064 change as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scaros-dos-donts-republicans-remember-ahead-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opportunity<\/a>. Courtney Parella, the communications director for the fund, said, &#8220;With Daniel Kildee&#8217;s departure,\u200b this already attainable seat becomes an even better pickup opportunity for House \u2062Republicans on the road \u2062to expanding\u2062 the majority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2023\/11\/16\/dan-kildee-re-election-congress\/71606049007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit Free\u200c Press<\/a> highlighted that Kildee&#8217;s once-solidly Democratic district &#8220;has in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-blasted-for-huge-funds-reopening-schools\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Blasted For Huge Funds Reopening Schools\">recent decades<\/a>\u200d been drifting \u200cmore Republican.&#8221; In the 2020 election, district voters favored President Joe Biden over former President Donald Trump \u2062by a slim margin of 51 percent to \u206449 percent.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A Note from Our Founder:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Silicon\u200d Valley\u200c and the Big Tech tyrants have done everything they can to \u200dput The Western Journal out \u200dof business. 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Brown<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Founder of The Western Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post \u200c <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/senior-house-democrat-announces-wont-run-re-election-putting-battleground-seat-grabs\/\">Senior House Democrat Announces He Won&#8217;t Run \u200dfor Re-Election, Putting Battleground Seat Up for \u200cGrabs<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did Rep. Kildee&#8217;s recent health scare influence his\u200d decision to\u200d retire?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2063Title: Democratic \u2063Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan \u200bto Retire from \u200dCongress<\/p>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>After serving six terms in office, Democratic Representative Dan\u200c Kildee of Michigan has announced his decision to step away from Congress. This comes following Kildee&#8217;s \u2063successful surgery earlier this year to remove a cancerous tumor, as reported by Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Reflections on Health \u2062Scare<\/p>\n<p>In light of his health scare, Kildee \u200dacknowledged \u200bthe impact it\u2062 had on his perspective. He shared, &#8220;One of\u2063 the things about going through a tough health diagnosis and then coming out OK\u2026 it does cause you to sort of sit back and say, OK, what are\u2064 my priorities?&#8221; It is evident that the experience has prompted Kildee to reassess his goals and plans for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Health\u200d Status<\/p>\n<p>Kildee&#8217;s cancer diagnosis earlier this\u200b year \u2062marked a challenging period in his life. However, he was declared cancer-free by April, highlighting the effectiveness\u2063 of his treatment\u2064 and\u200b his successful recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Reasoning behind \u2064Retirement \u2064Decision<\/p>\n<p>Kildee \u200bexplained that his decision to retire was influenced by \u2063various factors. He stated, &#8220;When I weigh\u2063 how things are working here, and maybe a different way I can make a difference back home and be close to family, \u2063it became a pretty easy decision.&#8221; It is clear that Kildee values family and \u200cdesires to explore new avenues through which he can continue making a positive impact.<\/p>\n<p>Political Achievements<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his tenure in Congress, Kildee has achieved remarkable milestones. He has risen through the ranks to become the \u200dco-chair of the Democratic caucus&#8217; steering and policy committee \u2062and a member\u200b of the Ways and Means\u200b Committee. These positions reflect his dedication and \u200dcommitment to\u2064 public\u200d service.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Representative Dan Kildee of Michigan&#8217;s\u200b decision to retire from Congress after serving \u2062six terms is influenced by his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/madonna-praises-her-kids-says-shes-lucky-to-be-alive-after-hospitalization\/\" title=\"Madonna hails her children, grateful for life after hospital stay.\">recent health \u2064scare<\/a> and personal reflections. Although \u200bKildee&#8217;s\u2062 retirement \u2064will mark the end of his political career, his past accomplishments and contributions to\u2064 public\u200c service\u2063 are a testament to his commitment\u2063 to making a \u2062difference.\u200d As \u2062he transitions into a new \u200bchapter of his\u200c life,\u2064 his focus on family and future endeavors will undoubtedly guide\u2064 his path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan will be walking away from Congress after six terms in office. 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