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Longtime Maryland Politician Diagnosed With Cancer; Plans To Continue Working Longtime Maryland Politician Diagnosed With Cancer; Plans To Continue Working
Longtime Maryland Politician Diagnosed With Cancer; Plans To Continue Working Cancer won't keep a Maryland congressman down as he plans to continue working after being diagnosed with a treatable form of Lymphoma. Congressman Jamie Raskin, who represents the 8th District from the border of northern Washington, DC to the Pennsylvania suburbs in the north, announced on Wednesday, Dec. 28 that after several days of testing, he has been diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma. The 8th Congressional District includes parts of Montgomery, Carroll, and Frederick counties. The 8th Congressional District in Maryland.Wikimedia Commons The lawmaker called it “a seriou…

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US Rep. Donald McEachin Dies After Cancer Battle, 61 US Rep. Donald McEachin Dies After Cancer Battle, 61
US Rep. Donald McEachin Dies After Cancer Battle, 61 US representative A. Donald McEachin died Monday, Nov. 28, according to his office. He was 61. “Valiantly, for years now, we have watched him fight and triumph over the secondary effects of his colorectal cancer from 2013, Tara Rountree, his chief of staff, said in a statement. "Tonight, he lost that battle, and the people of Virginia’s Fourth Congressional District lost a hero who always, always fought for them and put them first." His death comes a few weeks after he was re-elected to a fourth term in the 2022 midterm elections. The Democrat represented Virginia's 4th congressional dist…

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