BREAKING NEWS — JIM WALSH TO RETIRE
From the Politico:
Republican Rep. Jim Walsh of New York is expected to announce his retirement soon, according to a GOP aide familiar with the decision, giving Democrats another pick-up opportunity following a wave of Republican retirements this cycle.
The veteran appropriator had a tough reelection fight in 2006 and was expected to face another challenge in the fall.
Big hat tip to Rottenchester on this one.
We first wrote about rumors of Walsh’s retirement a few months ago, but I never believed them…til now.
The Post Standard will be devastated.
Assuming they ever find out. It’s *still* not on their site.
Maybe they’re writing it in stone? Got a chisel?
Ah..if only Shotgun Randy could join him…but nontheless, this is good news!
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[...] With Jim Walsh retiring, we can expect NY-25 to leap to the very top of targeted seats for Democrats. It has a Cook PVI of +3.4 Democratic.  That means the district is 3.4% more Democratic than the average district. Prior to the announcement that Walsh would retire, DailyKos had the district listed as the ninth most likely Democratic pick-up (this was a few months ago before some other recent retirements). [...]