Barbara Boxer retiring, not running for reelection in 2016 – CNN.com

Washington (CNN)Sen. Barbara Boxer announced Thursday that she will not run for reelection in 2016, setting up a big money political battle for her seat in the nation’s most populous state.

Boxer, the 74-year-old Democratic junior Senator from California, said that she is not retiring altogether and will continue working on “the issues that I love” through her political action committee, PAC for a Change. Boxer was first elected to the Senate in 1992.

Barbara Boxer retiring, not running for reelection in 2016 – CNN.com.