Pete King Says, “…I’ll have to think everything over”
Is Congressman Pete King going to retire? The Long Island press corps is certainly asking.
Last week, Newsday reported that Congressman Peter King may be thinking about retiring.
Pete King, who has been in Congress for nearly three decades, says as of “right now” he intends to run for reelection, but raised some doubt but adding that he’ll “have to think everything over.”
Interesting…
REMINDER: King, who barely held onto his seat last cycle, was added to the DCCC’s Retirement Watch List after refusing to host regular town halls and blocking constituents on social media. He also continues to support the Washington Republicans’ unpopular health care agenda and a partisan lawsuit that would gut health care coverage for families across New York.
Newsday reports:
Will his daughter’s move shift King’s thinking in terms of his plans to run for Congress again in 2020?
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“This is all just part of a new world for me,” King added, injecting just a bit of doubt about another run. “I’ll have to think everything over.”
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Observers have long speculated that King Sweeney might run for her dad’s seat once he was ready to retire.
For her part, King Sweeney said she wasn’t going to suggest whether her father should run again.
“I really want him to be happy, and to do whatever he wants on his own terms,” King Sweeney told The Point.
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King, who has served in Congress since 1993, noted that he only learned of his daughter’s definitive decision on Labor Day weekend. Over the years, King and his wife have been very close to King Sweeney’s family. Rosemary King often took care of her grandchildren when they were small, and both enjoyed watching their grandson’s baseball games and their granddaughter’s horse competitions, among other family gatherings.
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