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Eugene

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Tue Feb 20, 2018, 03:18 AM Feb 2018

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Florida) retiring from Congress after end of term

Source: WPTV

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney retiring from Congress after end of term

BY: WPTV Webteam
POSTED: 5:10 PM, Feb 19, 2018
UPDATED: 5:21 PM, Feb 19, 2018

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney announced on Monday that he will not seek reelection later this year.

The Republican congressman was first elected to office in 2008.

Rooney's 17th Congressional District includes the western reaches of the Treasure Coast and Eastern Okeechobee County.

Rooney joins a wave of 38 Republican congress members who are leaving office this year.

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