8-Term Ohio Rep. Deborah Pryce to Retire

[Ghost in the Machine]

8-Term Ohio Rep. Deborah Pryce to Retire
Published: 8/15/07, 6:25 PM EDT
By CHARLES BABINGTON

WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight-term Rep. Deborah Pryce of Ohio will not seek re-election, GOP officials said Wednesday, making her the third prominent House Republican from the Midwest to announce retirement plans in recent days.

Pryce was her party's fourth-ranking leader before the GOP lost control in the 2006 election. She narrowly survived a challenge last fall from Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy.

Kilroy, a Franklin County commissioner, is running again in 2008, an election in which Democratic hopes run high because of voter disenchantment with President Bush and the Iraq war.

Democrats says they also will compete strongly for the seats being vacated by former Speaker Dennis Hastert and seven-term Rep. Ray LaHood, both of Illinois.

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[Botany]

1. With a legit vote she would have been gone in '06

Attn Deb,

1/6/05 I will always remember that speech you gave on the House floor ....
that ?ing the vote in Ohio meant that you didn't love America or supported
the troops.

[orleans]

2. (two down) n/t