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End Of An Era
Rep. Sander Levin
announces he will not
seek re-election.
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ABOVE: Sandy Levin (right) and
Andy Levin (center) celebrate
Andy’s oldest son Koby’s gradu-
ation from Swarthmore College
(where Carl Levin also attended)
with (from left) Ben Levin,
Sandy’s wife, Pamela Cole, and
Andy’s wife, Mary Freeman.
A
fter 35 years of serving
Michigan in the U.S. Congress,
U.S. Rep. Sander Levin,
D-Royal Oak, announced Sunday he
will not seek re-election in 2018 and
will instead join the faculty of the
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
at the University of Michigan at the
conclusion of his term.
In a statement released on Sunday
that was published in local and nation-
al media, Levin, 86, said it was the
honor of a lifetime to serve Michigan
in Washington, D.C., where he thanked
his constituents for enabling him to
address and champion issues such
as comprehensive healthcare, trade,
promoting civil and human rights,
and saving and strengthening Social
Security and Medicare.
Regarding his joining the aca-
demic world after his 35-year tenure in
Congress, Levin wrote on his hopes to
re-establish trust in the institutions of
this country’s democracy.
“I hope to help renew public trust
in public institutions, which is all the
more important given the perils of the
Trump presidency,” he wrote. “And I
want to connect directly with our next
generation of leaders.”
According to the Associated Press,
the 86-year-old Levin has sat on the
House Ways and Means Committee
for almost 30 years. He was the top
Democrat on the panel from 2010
through 2016 and was chairman dur-
ing passage of the federal healthcare
Sander Levin
law and was also a vocal proponent for
a government bailout for the automo-
tive industry.
Saving the automotive industry, as
well as expanding access to healthcare
and unemployment insurance to the
health of the Great Lakes, is proof that
Levin makes the people of Michigan
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