Bachmann Won't Seek Re-Election

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann , who won prominence as a leader of the tea-party opposition to President Barack Obama , announced Wednesday she wouldn't seek re-election-an abrupt retreat less than two years after she briefly topped the ranks of GOP candidates seeking the 2012 presidential nomination.

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