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GOP Rep. Tom Marino resigns from Congress

A five-term GOP congressman who co-chaired Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Pennsylvania is calling it quits.

Tom Marino said in a statement Thursday that his last day will be Jan. 23 and that he’s taking a job in the private sector.

“I have chosen to take a position in the private sector where I can use both my legal and business experience to create jobs around the nation,” Marino said.

The 66-year-old Marino is a former county and federal prosecutor who was first elected to Congress in 2010.

He easily won re-election in November in his heavily Republican district in northern Pennsylvania.

Trump nominated Marino in 2017 to become the nation’s drug czar, but Marino withdrew his name after reports that he played a key role in weakening federal power to stop companies from distributing opioids.





Marino has survived multiple bouts of kidney cancer.

Gov. Tom Wolf will schedule a special election to fill the remainder of Marino’s term.

With AP





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