Rep. Denny Heck (D-Wash.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee who participated in last month's impeachment hearings, said today he won't seek reelection next year
Rep. Denny Heck , a member of the House Intelligence Committee who participated in last month's impeachment hearings, said Wednesday he won't seek reelection next year.he had time over the Thanksgiving recess for "rest and reflection," which led to his retirement decision."It is incredible work, but it takes its toll," Heck wrote. "Being away so much from Paula, my best friend and wife of nearly 44 years, can be lonely even when I am in a crowded room.
"The countless hours I have spent in the investigation of Russian election interference and the impeachment inquiry have rendered my soul weary," Heck wrote. "I will never understand how some of my colleagues, in many ways good people, could ignore or deny the president’s unrelenting attack on a free press, his vicious character assassination of anyone who disagreed with him, and his demonstrably very distant relationship with the truth.
Heck served a decade in the Washington state House, beginning with his election in 1976. He also served as chief of staff to then-Washington Gov. Booth Gardner during Gardner's second term in Olympia. Washington's 10th District is Democratic-leaning territory. He won reelection last year with 62 percent of the vote, and Hillary Clinton carried the district by an 11-point margin in 2016.
Heck's retirement will likely result in a crowded field of candidates vying to succeed him. Under Washington's top-two primary system, all candidates will run together on the same ballot, regardless of party, in the Aug. 4 primary, with the top two finishers advancing to a head-to-head general election.
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