U.S. REP. JAMIE RASKIN TRIAL

David Trone and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks have announced candidacies for the Democratic primary for the Senate seat. He previously battled colorectal cancer in 2010. It was the second time Raskin had been diagnosed with cancer. Raskin, 60, announced in April that he had completed chemotherapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with a 90% prognosis of no relapse and that his cancer was in remission.

“But these are not normal times and we are still in the fight of our lives for democratic institutions, freedom and basic social progress in America as well as human rights and opportunity for people all over the world,” Raskin said.

Raskin said in the statement that “if these were normal times, I am pretty sure that this is what I would be announcing now.” “At this moment, I believe the best way for me to make the greatest difference in American politics in 2024 and beyond is this: to run for reelection to the House of Representatives in Maryland’s extraordinary 8th District,” Raskin said. Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee who is in his fourth term, had been weighing a run for the rarely open Senate seat but said in a statement that he would instead seek reelection in the House. Senate seat that is opening with the retirement of Sen. 6, 2021, insurrection, announced Friday he will not run for the U.S. Jamie Raskin, who played a leading role in recent years as House Democrats twice impeached then-President Donald Trump and investigated Trump’s role in the Jan. It can be cured in about half of all patients, but it largely depends on factors including the stage when the disease is caught, the society notes.ĬNN’s Clare Foran, Katherine Dillinger and Rashard Rose contributed to this report.ANNAPOLIS, Md. He noted that he expects “to be able to work through this period but have been cautioned by my doctors to reduce unnecessary exposure to avoid COVID-19, the flu and other viruses.”Īccording to the American Cancer Society, diffuse large B cell lymphoma “tends to grow quickly” and is frequently treated with chemotherapy through a four-drug regimen administered in cycles three weeks apart. “I plan to get through this and, in the meantime, to keep making progress every day in Congress for American democracy,” Raskin said in the statement.

U.S. REP. JAMIE RASKIN TRIAL

He also was the lead impeachment manager of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial in 2021 and was just elected by his colleagues to serve as the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. The Maryland Democrat serves on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Raskin told MSNBC Wednesday night that his diagnosis is “very treatable, and we’re getting it early enough that if I take well to the chemotherapy, which starts this week, and I go through all of my six sessions, then I’ll be in good shape.” Prognosis for most people in my situation is excellent after four months of treatment.” I am about to embark on a course of chemo-immunotherapy on an outpatient basis at Med Star Georgetown University Hospital and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. In a statement, Raskin said, “After several days of tests, I have been diagnosed with diffuse large B cell lymphoma, which is a serious but curable form of cancer.

Jamie Raskin of Maryland announced on Wednesday that he has a “serious but curable form of cancer” and will begin outpatient treatment.

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