WASHINGTON _ Iowa Democratic Rep. Dave Loebsack will not seek a seventh term in 2020.
Announcing his retirement on Friday evening, Loebsack said he'd originally planned to serve no more than 12 years. But that changed when President Donald Trump was elected.
"It became apparent that I needed to run for at least one more term in the hopes that I could provide a check on his worst impulses," the congressman said in a statement.
"Currently, there are nearly two years remaining in this term and I look forward to playing an important role in the new House majority, not only to prevent further damage done by President Trump, but to also help set the stage for a new Democratic president to be inaugurated in January of 2021," he added.
Trump carried Loebsack's 2nd District, based in southeastern Iowa, by 4 points in 2016.
