Politics

Longtime Dem Senator Announces Retirement, Backs Successor

UP FOR GRABS

Tom Carper’s preferred successor could make history if elected.

Sam Brodey
Sam Brodey 

Deputy Politics Editor

U.S. Senator Tom Carper
REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Sam Brodey

Sam Brodey

Deputy Politics Editor

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