What ultimately caused Tom Lantos not to run for re-election in 2008?
Cancer of the esophagus
Retirement
Political transition
Public scandal
Answer
Cancer of the esophagus ultimately caused Tom Lantos not to run for re-election in 2008. Lantos had been diagnosed with the disease in 2006, and he underwent surgery to remove a tumor from his esophagus in 2007. However, the cancer returned, and Lantos died in February 2008.
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