BREAKING: U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall will not seek re-election

[brooklynite]

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

WASHINGTON —
Congressman Rep. Rob Woodall will not seek re-election next year, all but ensuring his rapidly-diversifying suburban Atlanta district will become one of the country’s fiercest political battlegrounds in 2020.

The Lawrenceville Republican said Thursday he plans to step aside at the end of the current Congress because of recent political and personal developments. In addition to surviving the narrowest race of his political career last year, Woodall also lost his father.

"Doing what you love requires things of you, and having had that family transition made me start to think about those things that I have invested less in because I've been investing more here,” Woodall said in an interview.

A low-key and relentlessly sunny policy wonk who has represented Georgia’s 7th Congressional District for five terms, Woodall beat back a challenge from Democratic newbie Carolyn Bourdeaux last fall. His thin margin of victory -- just 433 votes separated the two after a recount, making it the closest congressional race of the 2018 cycle -- prompted some Republican grumbling about what they saw as a lack of energy behind his campaign.

Read more: https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/breaking-rep-rob-woodall-will-not-seek-reelection/TIJuFbzQAONPQyuBLulcJK/

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Cook Political sees this as a top potential pickup for Democrats

[Honeycombe8]

1. Woo hoo. We have an opportunity for a pickup. nt

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Bye, Felicia.

[rpannier]

3. Great Chance for a Pick Up

I do love it

I will add, my sympathies to Woodall and the family on the death of his father.

[cstanleytech]

4. " Republican grumbling about what they saw as a lack of energy behind his campaign." They were

scared over the blue wave but wait what happens when the blue tsunami of 2020 arrives and makes landfall as its going to sweep alot of trash out to sea.

[MRDAWG]

5. Metro Atlanta is turing Blue. Hillary took........

Gwinnett and Cobb counties. Lucy McBath took Newt's and Tom Price's district.

[okaawhatever]

6. That is one of the few sincere "leaving to spend more time with my family" statements

I've heard in politics. His statement is genuine and heartfelt. Best wishes to him and his family.