Brady, who represents the Philadelphia area, is the subject of a federal probe into allegations that his campaign paid a challenger to drop out of the Democratic primary in 2012. Robert Brady of Pennsylvania told supporters that he will not seek re-election to a 12th term. "He has always put the people of Greenville-Spartanburg first, despite his Congressional responsibilities grabbing so many national headlines," Scott said.Īlso on Wednesday, veteran Democratic Rep. Tim Scott, R-S.C., praised Gowdy for "his commitment to justice and the truth" and "for being the honest, good-hearted man I know he is and will continue to be." "Rep. Gowdy’s tenure in Congress made a mockery of Congressional oversight and his eagerness to use the deaths of brave Americans overseas in service of his partisan, political goals is a dark and shameful chapter in the history of the House of Representatives," said Patrick Burgwinkle, deputy communications director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Unlike some of the other retiring Republicans whose seats are up for grabs by Democrats, Gowdy represents a conservative district that is expected to remain in GOP hands.ĭemocrats made it clear Wednesday that they remain bitter about Gowdy's role in the highly partisan Benghazi investigation, which cost more than $7.8 million over two and a half years. Three Republican senators also are retiring.
Gowdy is the 21st GOP House member to announce that he would retire by the end of his term. "As I look back on my career, it is the jobs that both seek and reward fairness that are most rewarding." "Whatever skills I may have are better utilized in a courtroom than in Congress, and I enjoy our justice system more than our political system," Gowdy said in a statement. This is the right time, for me, to leave politics and return to the justice system." In a tweet Wednesday, Gowdy said, "There is a time to come and a time to go.
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