Representative Dan Boren of Oklahoma, one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress, will not seek re-election next year, party officials said Tuesday.
Mr. Boren, the son of David Boren, a popular former governor and senator, decided against seeking a fifth term, the officials said, and was set to announce his decision Tuesday afternoon in his district.
Democrats could have a difficult time holding on to the seat -? the only one of Oklahoma?s five House seats now in the party?s hands. But Brad Carson, who represented the district before Mr. Boren and resigned from the House in 2004 to run unsuccessfully for the Senate, told party leaders on Tuesday that he was planning to try to win it back. Since leaving Congress, Mr. Carson served with the military in Iraq and has headed the National Energy Policy Institute at the University of Tulsa.
Mr. Boren often found himself at odds with the majority of his colleagues over issues like the new health care law, which he opposed.
He is the fifth House Democrat not to seek re-election next year; the other four are running for the Senate. Democrats would like to hold down any more retirements in the House to try to keep from defending multiple open seats as they try to cut into the Republican majority.
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Source: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/oklahomas-boren-leaving-congress/
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