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U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa is no longer considering leaving San Diego County to run for Congress in Texas, he said Thursday, capping days of speculation about the future of the longest-serving member of the county’s congressional delegation.
The Republican said that he would run for re-election in California after all, following a Wednesday meeting with President Donald Trump.
“I think I can hold this seat in spite of the governor’s gerrymandering, and my intention is to stay right where I am, and more importantly help the whole team,” he told San Diego TV station KUSI in an interview.
Issa’s prospects for winning his current seat have dimmed now that the district is gerrymandered to favor Democrats following voters’ recent passage of a redistricting ballot measure, Proposition 50.
“I’m not quitting on California, and neither should anyone else,” he said in a separate statement.
On Wednesday, following reports that he was considering running in Texas, Issa acknowledged in an interview with a Dallas radio station that he had been approached about running in a suburban Dallas district redrawn by Texas Republicans in the party’s favor.
In that interview, Issa said his Republican colleagues had characterized his chances of winning in his current East San Diego County seat a...
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