Congressman Ted Poe not to seek reelection

HOUSTON (FOX 26) - The Press Secretary for Congressman Ted Poe released the following statement on his behalf on Election Day 2017:

Today, I am announcing that I will not seek reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018. I am grateful for the honor and privilege to represent the best people in America, Texas’s Second Congressional District. Thanks to the good Lord, I’m in good health, but it’s time for the next step. I am looking forward to spending more time in Texas, especially with my 12 grandkids who have all been born since I was first elected to Congress. I am proud of the work that my office has accomplished: giving crime victims a voice, helping to combat human trafficking, and fighting for our constitutional rights and individual liberty. I will continue this work every day until I retire at the end of this term. And that’s just the way it is.