Another swing district Republican bails out...

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[OnDoutside]

1. What's the benefit to him ? Financial ?

[irisblue]

6. Fron Freep.com, hometown paper sez "spend time with family"

not a very long article there.

[gratuitous]

7. Any word on whether his family wants to spend more time with him?

Just kidding, they probably don't.

[irisblue]

8. LOL!

[yortsed snacilbuper]

9. "Just kidding, they probably don't."

When he was a kid his dad had to tie a pork chop around his neck so the family dog, would play with him.

[awesomerwb1]

2. Great news.

Now hopefully we're smart and we get a good candidate who can win in that district.

[Lee Adama]

3. The more GOP Representatives fro swing districts that retire, the merrier.

[Bleacher Creature]

4. Preemptive retirements are often an early sign of a wave election.

It's still WAY too early to predict anything that will happen in November 2018, but this is a great sign.

[berni_mccoy]

5. That's really good news.

[Jim Lane]

10. The district is slightly Republican.

Romney and Trump each carried the district, but each by only five percentage points. Our chances obviously improve when the Republican candidate won't have the advantage of incumbency.