California Republican Rep. Paul Cook to retire from Congress, run for county supervisor seat
Source: Los Angeles Times
Rep. Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) will retire from Congress at the end of his term and will announce a run for a seat on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, according to John Sobel, the congressmans chief of staff.
Californias Republican U.S. House delegation has been greatly diminished in recent years. In the 2018 midterms, Democrats took control of half of the 14 remaining Republican seats in California, which has a total of 53 congressional districts.
Cooks departure from the 8th Congressional District will mark the latest in a series of other House Republican retirements as the lawmakers have had to confront life in the minority. In all, more than a dozen GOP members have announced plans to leave Congress after 2020, including several in Texas.
Cook, who was mayor of Yucca Valley and served in the state Assembly before being elected to Congress in 2012, is in his fourth term. He plans to announce a run to represent the 1st District of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors. Robert Lovingood, who currently holds the seat, recently announced he wont seek reelection.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-17/republican-paul-cook-retire-congress
RockRaven
(14,916 posts)(try to) be a County Supervisor than (try to) be a member of Congress.
brooklynite
(94,384 posts)Marcuse
(7,446 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,730 posts)So that the Democrats earn even more of a super majority in the US House.
Now let's take back the Senate from Moscow Mitch.
patphil
(6,150 posts)Probably not going to happen, but I can dream.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,064 posts)it's about how many pensions you can collect
I'm beginning to wonder if some of these Republicans know something we don't. Like THIS current Congress is the last Congress.
Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)in seemingly harmless positions at the state and local level.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,766 posts)Don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you.
Jose Garcia
(2,588 posts)the GOP probably won't be back in the majority until 2023.