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Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange, one of the longest-serving members of the General Assembly, said Wednesday that she won't run for re-election next year.

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Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange

Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange, said she won't seek a 14th term in the state House in 2022.

lady from Orange representive Ensco is recognized to speak to a point of personal privilege. Thank you Mr speaker. Um I rise in the time honored tradition of senior members to announce that I will not be filing for re election. I know that this announcement is usually made on the last day of session but we may be in session still in december and Uh filing starts in about 10 weeks and I want to give people a chance to actually think about this. So anyway, it has been really my honor and my privilege to serve here for 24 years. We will be 24 years. I'm not going away. I'll be here until the end of December 22 I think. So I'll be fussing at you until then. But it has been a an enormously gratifying uh career. Uh I've learned so much you and I've gotten to know so many really wonderful people and made lifelong friends and uh and have been, I've been proud of actually being able to make a contribution to the difference that we make for people. I know that um One thing we have in common, we have our differences, but one thing we have in common is we have those 80,000 people back home That are depending on us. So I've got 80,000 people that are depending on me to make sure that government works for them and that society works for them. It's a wide range of people with many different needs, but especially especially concerned about those kids that need help in school that our future is going to depend on how well educated our next generation is going to be. So I've been really uh it's been gratified to be able to make some differences in those positions and I I hope that all of you will also be able to appreciate the responsibility you have and the progress that you make and that our differences are really important. I registered as a Republican. Both parties make mistakes. So I thought the Republican party had left me and so I became a democrat. But that but those things go back and forth, it may change someday and be just the opposite. So keep true to your values. Uh I do want to mention that that things have changed here since I first came. Uh we blackberries were new, then iphones didn't exist, portable laptops were really not portable, they were desktop computers so that they were relatively new. So uh things have changed and we've gotten more efficient I guess maybe and uh things will go on changing so hang in there and love each other and fight the good fight And I'll uh see you until December 2022. Thank you very much. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Mhm.

Insko announces she won't seek another House term

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