California State Sen. Barbara Boxer Will Not Run For Re-Election In 2016

"So although I won't be working in my Senate space and I won't be running in that next tough race, as long as there are issues and challenges in strife I will never retire because that's the meaning of my life," she said.
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Boxer has held a position in Congress since 1982 and was a senator for the past two decades. She has signed laws that granted over one million acres of land in California.
Read more about Boxer's retirement announcement in ABC News.
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