Raskin also vowed to back the eventual Democratic nominee for Cardin’s seat. Congressman Raskin was sworn into his fourth Term at the start of the 118th Congress on January 6, 2023.
The district includes most of Montgomery County and a small part of Prince George's County. “We Democrats may not be perfect but we fight hard every day for the Constitution and the common good of the people.” Congressman Jamie Raskin proudly represents Maryland's 8th Congressional District in the U.S. “Nothing matters to me more in the 2024 cycle than winning a blowout victory for the party of democracy and freedom,” Raskin, 60, said in his statement Friday. In April, Raskin announced that he was in remission from the disease. Jamie Raskin announced Friday that he will not run for Senate in 2024 and will instead seek re-election to his current House seat. The Maryland progressive announced in December that he was diagnosed with lymphoma, and has taken to wearing a bandanna on Capitol Hill as he endures chemotherapy that has resulted in the loss of his hair. Raskin, who rose to prominence for his role on the House select committee investigating last year’s Capitol riot and as the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, was considered a top candidate to replace Cardin. “At this moment, I believe the best way for me to make the greatest difference in American politics in 2024 and beyond is this: to run for reelection to the House of Representatives in Maryland’s extraordinary 8th District,” Raskin (D-Md.) said in a lengthy statement on Friday.Ĭardin (D-Md.) announced in May that would not seek re-election in 2024, setting up what could be a heated primary fight in the deep-blue state. Ben Cardin’s open Senate seat in Maryland in 2024 and will instead seek re-election to his current House seat. Jamie Raskin announced Friday that he will not run for outgoing Sen. Republicans file appeal in New York redistricting dispute, bringing case to state’s highest courtįBI turns over docs on Catholic ‘extremism’ to Judiciary Committee amid contempt threat UFO whistleblowers to testify unknown objects are ‘far superior’ to US tech “Of all the terrible, brutal things I saw and I heard on that day and since then, that one hit me the hardest,” Raskin told the Senate jurors, who later acquitted Trump for a second time.Ex-intel official claims feds ‘absolutely’ have UFOs, materials of ‘non-human’ origin during bombshell hearing The two hid under a desk as the violence unfolded, and his daughter later told him she didn’t want to return to the Capitol. Representative for Marylands 8th congressional. Through tears, Raskin spoke about their ordeal as he argued for Trump’s conviction in the Senate impeachment trial. Jamin Ben Jamie Raskin (born December 13, 1962) is an American author and politician serving as the U.S. Tommy’s death came just a week before the insurrection, and Raskin had brought his daughter and son-in-law to the Capitol that day. Jamie Raskin of Maryland has decided not to run for the U.S.
The news comes almost exactly two years after his 25-year-old son, Tommy, committed suicide on Dec. A fter two months of soul-searching, Rep. This is the second time the Maryland Democrat has been diagnosed with cancer, as he previously battled colorectal cancer in 2010. That panel issued its final report last week and is set to dissolve when the new Republican-led House is sworn in on Jan. He was the lead impeachment manager when the House impeached Trump one week after the attack, and he currently sits on the House committee investigating the siege.
Raskin has played a leading role in recent years as House Democrats twice impeached then-President Donald Trump and investigated Trump’s role in the Jan.
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