Senator Barbara Boxer won't seek re-election

By Kevin Freking
Associated Press

POSTED: 01/08/2015 08:26:00 AM PST
UPDATED: 01/08/2015 08:31:14 AM PST

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer. (Staff File)


WASHINGTON -- Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer of California says she will not seek re-election in 2016 to a fifth term in office.

The 74-year-old Boxer made the announcement in a video with her grandson.

She was first elected to the House in 1982 and then to the Senate one decade later. It was an election that marked a watershed year for women in politics with four winning U.S. Senate seats, including fellow Californian Dianne Feinstein.

In the Senate, Boxer has been a staunch supporter of abortion rights, gun control and environmental protections.

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