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Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), currently serving as the chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, has announced that he will not seek reelection this November.
Gallagher made the announcement on Saturday, signaling a significant shift in his career path and the political landscape of Northeast Wisconsin.
In his statement, Gallagher remarked on his accomplishments and his belief in the temporary nature of political office:
“Eight years ago, when I first ran for Congress, I promised to treat my time in office as a high-intensity deployment. Through my bipartisan work on the Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, chairing the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, and chairing the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, we’ve accomplished more on this deployment than I could have ever imagined.
But the Framers intended citizens to serve in Congress for a season and then return to their private lives. Electoral politics was never supposed to be a career and, trust me, Congress is no place to grow old. And so, with a heavy heart, I have decided not to run for re-election.
Thank you to the good people of Northeast Wisconsin for the honor of a lifetime. Four terms serving