Rep. Frederica Wilson, the 83-year-old Florida Democrat who vanished from Capitol Hill for a month and missed more than 40 House votes, announced Friday that she will not seek a ninth term, just days after dismissing her own retirement as a “crazy rumor.”
Wilson told the Miami Herald she had made the decision weeks ago but kept it quiet for what she called strategic reasons. The timing raises uncomfortable questions about transparency, constituent representation, and the growing number of aging Democrats heading for the exits as Republican-drawn maps reshape their districts.
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