Have House GOP Retirement Woes Run Their Course?

By Stuart Rothenberg
Roll Call Contributing Writer

April 13, 2009, 12 a.m.

House retirements are running a bit ahead of schedule this cycle, at least compared with where they stood in 2005 and 2007. And if they even approach the same numbers as in the past two election cycles, retirements could play a significant part in the eventual 2010 House battleground.

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