Another Dem Incumbent in Senate Calls It Quits

(Reuters) - Four-term Senator Herb Kohl said on Friday he will not seek re-election next year, joining five other Democrats who plan to retire and making it tougher for their party to retain the chamber. Kohl, 76, of Wisconsin, was re-elected in 2006 with 67 percent of the vote. He had been listed by the Cook Political Report, a prominent nonpartisan newsletter, as a solid favorite to win another six-year term in the November 2012 elections. "I've always believed it is better to leave a job a little too early than a little too late," Kohl said at a news conference at his Milwaukee office. "The interest and energy I had for this job will find a new home." Former Senator Russ Feingold, who was defeated in 2010, and Representatives Ron Kind and Tammy Baldwin appear to be the leading potential Democratic candidates for Kohl's seat. An online poll by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper showed Feingold and Republican Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as favorites to succeed Kohl. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Another Dem Incumbent in Senate Calls It Quits