Congressman John Murtha, Dead at 77

On February 8, 2010, in Campaigns, Politics & Elections, by Trenton Hansen

From the AP report

U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.

The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., spokesman Matthew Mazonkey said.

Yet another seat unexpectedly open. This is certainly going to be an interesting year.