Reports: GOP Rep. Howard Coble To Retire In 2014

In this Wednesday, March 31, 2010 photo, U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, R-N.C., wears his Coast Guard pin as he visits the Denton Orator in Denton, N.C. Coble is the longest-serving GOP House member in North Carolina histor... In this Wednesday, March 31, 2010 photo, U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, R-N.C., wears his Coast Guard pin as he visits the Denton Orator in Denton, N.C. Coble is the longest-serving GOP House member in North Carolina history, whose refusal to take a congressional pension earned him the stripes of a fiscal hawk. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) MORE LESS
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Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) is expected to announce his retirement Thursday, according to news reports.

Sources told Politico and Fox WGHP in Piedmont, N.C. that Coble, who has served in Congress since 1985, will not seek re-election in 2014.

He serves the sixth district in North Carolina, a conservative district which Mitt Romney won 58 percent of the vote in 2012. Coble’s health has suffered recently and he has been in the hospital multiple times in the past year. 

Reps. Jon Runyan (R-NJ) and Tim Griffin (R-AR) have also recently announced that they will not seek re-election.

Coble will hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. ET Thursday.

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