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Delaware Senator Tom Carper, a long-time ally of Joe Biden, will retire in 2025 after deciding at the age of 76 not to seek re-election next year.
Carper, who first won his seat in 2000, has been at the forefront of Democratic politics for decades in the state where Biden also served as a senator.
'If there's ever an opportune time to step aside and pass the torch to the next generation, it's coming, and it will be here on January 3, 2025 at noon,' the Vietnam war veteran said.
Carper said on Monday that he won't seek re-election next week and will stand down formally in January 2025
The long-serving senator is an ally of Joe Biden and a Vietnam war veteran
He had mulled in 2018 whether to quit, but decided to run for his fourth term amid doubts over who would replace him and his personal concerns about a Donald Trump presidency.
Carper also served as governor and a Congressman for Delaware prior to entering the Senate, winning 14 statewide elections in total.
He was first elected in Delaware at the tender age of 29 - the same age Biden became a senator - as the state treasurer.
It means there will yet another open primary battle for
