DETROIT (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan Congressman Sander Levin has decided he won’t be running for reelection next year.
The 86-year-old, who has spent 18-terms in Congress will be retiring, joining brother Carl Levin who retired from the U.S. Senate last year.
He told the Detroit Free Press “I have been incredibly honored to serve the people of Michigan in Congress and to work on so many issues important to our communities, our state, and our nation. I have tried to live up to the trust given to me by my constituents by following the values of my parents and family and by acting on what I believe after digging deeply into the facts and consulting broadly.”
Levin is a native of Detroit, who graduated from the University of Chicago where he got his first taste of politics working in the civil rights movement.
He first served as a Michigan State Senator and ran twice for Governor, losing twice to Bill Milliken, before running for Congress.
He has spent the last 35-years in the House of Representatives.
