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Longest-Serving Congressman in History to Retire

By Emily Cahn and JM Rieger and Meredith Dake

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Rep. John D. Dingell, the longtime Michigan Democrat and dean of the House, will announce on Monday that he will not seek re-election, according to the Detroit Free Press. “I’m not going to be carried out feet first,” Dingell said in an interview with the Detroit News.

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