Republican Jim Sensenbrenner announces that he will not seek re-election

representative Jim SensenbrennerFrank (Jim) James SensenbrennerPresentation: Mueller testifies before the leaders of the Congress of Technology to seize the antitrust hearing Major technologies await antitrust crackdown MORE (R-Wis.) Announced that he would not seek re-election in an interview with Wisconsin radio host Mark Belling on Wednesday.

The 76-year-old Wisconsin Republican was elected to the Lower House in 1978.

Sensenbrenner becomes the thirteenth Republican Chamber to announce its intention to retire this year, while the GOP holders adapt to the minority life after losing the lower house last year.

The 5th district of the legislator is a Republican bastion of Wisconsin. Sensenbrenner was reelected in 2018 from 62% to 38% more than his Democratic opponent.

"When I started my public service in 1968, I said I would know when it would be time to step back. After careful consideration, I determined at the completion of this mandate, my 21st term in Congress, that it will be at this time, "he said in a statement.

Sensenbrenner also recounted a number of milestones during his 40-year tenure in the House, including receiving 23,882 votes, organizing more than 100 public meetings, and helping "countless others when they have encountered difficulties with the federal government ".

Sensenbrenner currently sits on the Judiciary Committee of the House, where he served as Chair from 2001 to 2007, and on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

The Dean of the Wisconsin delegation, he also chaired the House committee on science.

– Updated at 18:50