Manu Raju

Manu Raju @mkraju

Sen. Patrick Leahy, the president pro tem of the Senate, will announce at 10am whether he will run for re-election or retire, per sources Leahy will make his announcement from the same room in the Vermont statehouse where he announced his Senate run in 1974, per message to staff — PolitiTweet.org

Manu Raju @mkraju

#Breaking -- Sen. Patrick Leahy, 81, fifth-longest-serving senator in history and president pro tempore of the Senate, announces in Vermont he's retiring from the seat he's held for 46 years. "It's time to put down the gavel. It's time to pass the torch to the next Vermonter." — PolitiTweet.org