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HARRISBURG, Pa. (@AP) — 5-term Republican Congressman Tom Marino of Pennsylvania is resigning, taking job in private sector.
Via @AP: Marino said in a statement Thursday that his last day will be Jan. 23, The 66-year-old Marino co-chaired Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign in Pennsylvania. He easily won re-election in November to his heavily Republican district in northern Pennsylvania.
Trump nominated Marino in 2017 to become the nation’s drug czar, but Marino withdrew his name after reports he played a key role in weakening federal power to stop companies from distributing opioids.
Tom Marino, a five-term Republican congressman who helped steer Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign in Pennsylvania, says he'll resign just 3 weeks into his new term to take a job in the private sector. Via @AP: bit.ly/2FAQDE4
So the former three-term state representative, Democrat Rick Mirabito, a Cornell-educated lawyer and a Lycoming County commissioner, says he's considering running to fill the remainder of Tom Marino's term in Pennsylvania's 12th District.
