{"id":2392826,"date":"2025-01-20T16:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T21:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-county-democrat-tenders-resignation-from-state-house-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T16:57:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T21:57:59","slug":"wake-county-democrat-tenders-resignation-from-state-house-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wake-county-democrat-tenders-resignation-from-state-house-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake County Democrat tenders resignation from state House &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fwake-county-democrat-tenders-resignation-from-state-house-washington-examiner%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=2392826&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--><p>It looks like your message may not have come through. 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Joe John, Democrat from Wake County, has penned a letter of resignation to the North Carolina House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;After a courageous and arduous battle with cancer,&rdquo; John writes in the Sunday letter, &ldquo;I have been informed by my doctors that all treatment options have been exhausted, and I now face a terminal diagnosis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>John, 85, won his fifth term in November. The longtime public official said he made the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-are-calling-for-bidens-immediate-resignation-citing-his-historic-campaign-exit-as-evidence-that-he-is-unfit-to-serve\/\" title=\"Republicans are calling for Biden&#039;s immediate resignation, citing his historic campaign exit as evidence that he is unfit to serve\">decision &#038;ldquo<\/a>;with the intention of focusing on my health and spending cherished time with my family during this challenging period.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer by trade, John before coming to the Legislature previously was a judge in Superior Court and District Court; state Court of Appeals justice; and directed the crime lab of the State Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n<p>He was first elected to a seat on Jones Street in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Robert Reives, the Democratic leader of the House, in a statement thanked him for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">public service<\/a> and said, &ldquo;Our caucus and our state are lucky to have him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>John has represented a northwestern part of the county in District 40. 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