Veteran GOP Rep. Announces Retirement

1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa announced he was ending his planned re-election bid in a Friday night post on X. Issa had initially elected to run for his seat after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California successfully…

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