Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, 88, has chosen not to seek a seventh term, expressing concerns about growing polarization in the Senate, which he was elected to in 1986.
has chosen not to seek a seventh term, saying the body was"less collegial" than it was decades ago.
Shelby said that he had a"good run," but expressed concern about growing polarization in the Senate. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., is seen in his Capitol Hill office in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022.The 88-year-old said that he never thought the U.S. would see a day like the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He declined to assign blame for the violence.
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