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Posted by: Barry Kolar on Jul 31, 2017

Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., the longest-serving Tennessean in Congress, will not seek re-election next year, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. The move brings to a close the career of one of the state’s most enduring officeholders and ending a family political dynasty that has occupied the East Tennessee congressional seat for half a century. It also came just a few hours after Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett said he would disclose his own political plans at an event on Saturday. Burchett is expected to run for Duncan’s seat.