Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) will retire rather than seek re-election in 2014, the Washington Post reports.
“First elected in 1978, Baucus has been the top Democrat on the powerful committee since 2001. The likely Democratic candidate to succeed him would be former governor Brian Schweitzer.”
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