“After this term, I will find other ways to serve.”Enzi’s retirement will leave a Senate seat open in a majority-Republican state. As ABC News noted, Wyoming hasn’t elected a Democrat to a Senate seat in over 40 years. A low-key conservative in the Senate, Enzi has been in office for 22 years and passed more than 100 bills. Sen. John Barrasso, also a Republican senator from Wyoming, commended his colleague’s leadership on Saturday. Enzi’s “character, courage and credibility have made him a respected moral leader in the U.S. Senate,” Barrasso said in a statement.

Source: Huffington Post May 05, 2019 00:00 UTC