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Longtime Alabama Senator And Top GOP Appropriator Shelby Won’t Seek Reelection In 2022

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, February 8th, 2021

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Longtime Alabama Senator And Top GOP Appropriator Shelby Won’t Seek Reelection In 2022

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Six-term Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), who has served as the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee and its defense spending subcommittee, announced Monday he will not seek reelection in 2022. A long-time proponent for funding space and Navy programs in Alabama, Shelby’s exit would leave a vacancy for the top GOP appropriator role that could be filled by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) based on seniority. “For everything, there is a season,” Shelby, who is 86, said in a statement.…

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