Sen. Simpson Says He Won’t Run Again

Republican Sen. Alan Simpson announced to a hometown crowd Saturday that he will not seek another term after 17 years in Congress.

Simpson made the announcement before a crowd of more than 200 at a Cody Country Chamber of Commerce meeting.

Simpson is the third senator in the past month, after Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., and Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan., to announce plans not to seek re-election in 1996.

Four Republicans, including Simpson, and eight Democrats are leaving the Senate when their terms end 13 months from now. The last time that many senators retired was a century ago - in 1896.

Simpson, 64, won his first U.S. Senate race in 1978.