Bill Oberle has decided not to run for re-election this year, bringing to an end a 34-year legislative career that has made him the longest-serving Republican in the Delaware General Assembly.
He made his plans official Tuesday evening by telling the other Republicans in the House of Representatives during a caucus meeting in Dover.
“You just know when it’s time. It feels right. I’m happy about it,” Oberle said.
Oberle, a 60-year-old retired DuPonter from a district south of Newark, is one of the oddities of politics as a pro-labor Republican.
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