Democratic Sen. Gary Peters announced Tuesday that he won’t seek reelection in Michigan next year, opening up a key seat in a swing state won twice by Donald Trump.
“After three terms in the House and two terms in the Senate, I believe now is time for me to write a few more paragraphs in my current chapter and turn over the reins,” Peters, who led the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for the last two cycles, said in a statement.
The top Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Peters said he “always knew there would come a time to pass the torch to the next generation of public servants.”
