Article snippet: Sen. MORE (R-Kan.) announced Friday that he won’t seek a fifth term in 2020, marking the end of a decades-long career in Congress and setting up a likely crowded open-seat race. Roberts, who has served in Congress since the 1980s, made his retirement announcement at the Kansas Department of Agriculture. He will be 84 by the 2020 election. “I am announcing I will serve the remainder of this term as your senator, fighting for Kansas in these troubled times,” he said. “However, I will not be a candidate in 2020 for a fifth Senate term.” The GOP senator was first elected to the upper chamber in 1996. Prior to that, Roberts represented Kansas’s 1st Congressional District from 1981 to 1997. He faced a tough GOP primary in 2014 from a Tea Party candidate, though he ultimately cruised to victory in the general election. During his Friday announcement, Roberts said he was “damn proud” of his undefeated record in 24 elections. His voice started to crack when he thanked his family for their support over the years. "Even though the world has changed, the politics have changed, the personalities have changed many times over…I'm proud to offer consistent leadership to Kansas through it all,” he said. Roberts indicated late last year that he was considering retirement and that he would spend time over the holidays making that decision. The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee played a central role in helping to pass a massive farm bill in December. Roberts’s decision ma... Link to the full article to read more