WASHINGTON (AP) ? Republican Rep. Steven LaTourette, a nine-term lawmaker and a close confidant of House Speaker John Boehner, will not seek another term, congressional officials said Monday.
The Ohio congressman was expected to make a formal announcement Tuesday at his district office in Painesville. His spokeswoman Deborah Setliff had no further comment about the news conference.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the congressman's plans.
The Columbus Dispatch, which first reported the news, said LaTourette decided to retire over a dispute with leadership on committee assignments.
LaTourette was elected to Congress during the GOP wave in 1994 when the party seized control of the House after decades in the minority. He is a member of the House Appropriations Committee.
His retirement comes just three months before the congressional elections. The cutoff date for the party to put a Republican candidate on the ballot is Aug. 8. LaTourette could announce his intention to retire but delay official notification until then. That would allow the GOP to avoid a special election and choose a replacement candidate.
LaTourette won the district with 65 percent of the vote in 2010. The northeast Ohio district near Cleveland narrowly went for John McCain in 2008.
LaTourette joins more than three dozen House members who have decided not to seek another term or pursue another office. Forty-three Republicans and Democrats have decided to leave the House, and nine lawmakers have lost in primaries.
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Associated Press writer Andrew Welsh-Huggins in Columbus, Ohio, contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ap-sources-ohio-congressman-retire-234147450.html
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