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‘Time to go home’: Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby retires after 36 years in Washington

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Shelby's handpicked successor and former chief of staff, Katie Britt, will take the oath of office Jan. 3. It will be the official end of 51 consecutive years of elected political service for Shelby. Of those, 44 years were spent in Congress including the past 36 years in the U.S. Senate. Shelby exits political office a perfect 12-0 in political elections.

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‘Time to go home’: Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby retires after 36 years in Washington

Alabama's Richard Shelby is retiring after the longest tenure of any senator from Alabama in Washington, D.C., and the senator plans to head home to a quiet retirement in Tuscaloosa. But his legacy in D.C. for securing crucial earmarks is likely to last for decades to come.

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