REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton, a Virginia Democrat, on Monday said she wouldn't seek reelection after doctors updated her diagnosis to a more serious condition, which she likened to "Parkinson’s (disease) on steroids."
The third-term congresswoman announced in April that she had been diagnosed with Parkinson's but would continue to work while being treated for the disease, which was affecting her speech.
There is no ‘getting better’ with PSP," she said, announcing her decision on Monday.
Wexton flipped a seat held by Republicans for decades in 2018 as voters veered away from then-President Donald Trump.
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