Peterson: “I’m running for re-election…”
DFL Rep. Collin Peterson stomps on the speculation that he intends to retire at the end of this term. His office released a statement today saying he's running for reelection:
"I don't know why anyone would give credibility to these Republican rumors. I'm running for re-election and anyone who knows me knows that what I'm doing now is what I've always done. My paperwork is on file and in February I'll make an official announcement. I think political campaigns are already too long (and my constituents agree) and so I wait and do what I can to make mine as short as I can. This retirement rumor is being ginned up by the National Republican Party people in Washington, DC, who don't know anything about Minnesota's 7th District. As for why they are working so hard to circulate this baloney, I think they're just trying to stir things up because they don't have a candidate to run against me."
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