Rep. Bobby Rush, a Democrat from Illinois, is seen during a news conference in July at a train station in Chicago.
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Rep. Bobby Rush, a Democrat from Illinois, is seen during a news conference in July at a train station in Chicago.
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Illinois lawmaker Bobby Rush's retirement marks 2 dozen Democrats leaving the House

Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois told the Chicago Sun-Times in an interview published Monday that he won't run for a 16th term in the US House of Representatives, the 24th House Democrat to announce plans of leaving the chamber at the end the term.