Zamarripa to bow out of politics
By Sonji Jacobs, Atlanta Journal Constitution, April 5, 2006
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/0405zamarripa.html
State Sen. Sam Zamarripa, an Atlanta Democrat who became the first Hispanic elected to Georgia Senate in 2002, announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election this year.
Zamarripa said that he has decided to bow out of politics for the time being to focus his energy on spurring economic development — particularly global business opportunities — in Atlanta.
"My feeling was that the greatest opportunity for me was to pursue things I am very good at related to economic development, and to do that out of the Senate," Zamarripa said....
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