Despite Vow to Quit, Rodino to Run Again
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter W. Rodino Jr. appears to have scrapped his pledge to leave Congress at the end of his term and support a minority candidate to succeed him.
The New Jersey Democrat said he is preparing to run next year for what would be a 21st term in the House and has scheduled a $500-per-person fund-raiser in Washington today.
Rodino is 78. Last year, he said: “When Reagan goes, I will go.”
President Reagan’s second term expires in 1989, and he is constitutionally prohibited from being reelected President.
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