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Cardin Announces He will not Run
for Re-election in 2024

May 1, 2023

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Maryland’s senior senator and Chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, announced that he would not seek re-election at the end of his current term. He released the following statement and video with his wife, Myrna Cardin.

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Letters From Ben

Confirming History

Dear Fellow Marylanders, As a senator and Member of Congress, the most consequential decisions I have ever made were related to whether to approve sending brave American men and women to war. Inherently, lives are at risk, so it’s not a decision anyone takes lightly. Second to this is another constitutional duty, “advice and consent” of lifetime judicial appointments. Article III, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution gives us the power to confirm federal judges. The Constitution envisions that senators will use independent judgment to make these decisions. This week, I was incredibly proud – as a senator and as a Marylander – to cast my vote on the floor of the United States Senate to...

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