WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, a member of the Republican Senate leadership, said on Monday that he will not run for office in 2022, making him the latest Republican lawmaker in Congress to opt for retirement.
“After 14 general election victories — three to county office, seven to the United States House of Representatives, and four statewide elections — I won’t be a candidate for reelection to the United States Senate next year,” Blunt said in a video issued on Twitter.
(Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
