Senator Barbara Mikulski has announced that she will not seek re-election in 2016. This wonderful woman has served longer in the United States Senate than any other woman -- serving five terms (30 years by the end of this term). I will be sorry to see her go. I haven't always agreed with her, but she has been a strong defender of equal rights -- and the Senate will be poorer for her absence. I hope the good people of Maryland will replace her with another strong progressive.
