WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., announced Monday he will not seek re-election in 2014 after representing the state's 6th Congressional District since 1993.
Bachus, the 65-year-old chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, won re-election to an 11th term in November, receiving 71 percent of the vote against Col. Penny Bailey, his first Democratic challenger since 1998.