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Jan 3, 2023 · Vermont Public. Sen. Patrick Leahy arrives a little late to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Dec. 8. After serving 48 years in the U.S. Senate, Patrick Leahy will officially be stepping down today. Leahy will be succeeded by senator–elect Peter Welch. Leahy started his first term in 1975, and was the first Democrat ever to serve in ...
Nov 15, 2021 · After nearly 50 years, Sen. Patrick Leahy, 81, announced Monday he will not seek re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2022. Leahy first went to Washington, D.C. in 1975 after defeating Republican candidate Dick Mallary by about 1,500 votes in 1974, as well as fending off a challenge from a Liberty Union party candidate named Bernie Sanders, who only garnered about 4% of the vote.
Nov 15, 2021 · Updated at 2:57 p.m. MONTPELIER — After eight terms and nearly five decades in office, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is retiring. Vermont’s senior senator announced his decision during a ...
Aug 23, 2022 · U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) listens during the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense at the U.S. Capitol on May 3, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades-Pool/Getty Images) Vermont’s Patrick Leahy has served in the U.S. Senate for half a century. “I never expected to see the arc of history that I’ve seen.
Dec 20, 2022 · In an emotional farewell address to the U.S. Senate, Patrick Leahy urged his colleagues to work together across party lines — a practice he said was the norm when he entered the Senate nearly ...
Aug 23, 2022 · Vermont’s Patrick Leahy has served in the U.S. Senate for half a century. "I never expected to see the arc of history that I’ve seen. Starting out as the junior-most member of the Senate ...
Georgetown University Law Center. Patrick Leahy ( Democratic Party) was a member of the U.S. Senate from Vermont. He assumed office on January 3, 1975. He left office on January 3, 2023. Leahy ( Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Vermont. He won in the general election on November 8, 2016.
