GOP Rep. Sean Duffy Announces Resignation

UNITED STATES - APRIL 17: Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., leaves a meeting of the GOP Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on April 17, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) leaves a meeting of the GOP Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on April 17, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) announced on Monday that he will leave Congress next month.

Duffy will step down on September 23 due to health complications with his unborn baby.

“With much prayer, I have decided that this is the right time for me to take a break from public service in order to be the support my wife, baby and family need right now,” the Wisconsin Republican wrote on Facebook. “It is not an easy decision – because I truly love being your Congressman – but it is the right decision for my family, which is my first love and responsibility.”

Duffy raised eyebrows in 2011 after he claimed that he was struggling under his $174,000 salary as a member of Congress.

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  1. That is a decision that demands respect. And I hope that the health issues are resolved as well as it possible given medical science today.

  2. I don’t want to dance on anything like this, but hopefully our local Dems can put up a decent candidate to take his place.

    Sorry for his issues, but hopefully this will be good for both him and his district.

  3. In addition to the medical and family issues, I respect the decision because Wisconsin has a Democrat Governor who will pick Duffy’s replacement until the next election.

  4. Kudos to him, he’s got his priorities straight.

  5. No that’s Senators. House resignations lead to special elections

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