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Say it ain’t so: The Sunshine Blog was oddly bummed to hear that one of our favorite legislators is planning to bid aloha to the State Capitol next year.

Sen. Karl Rhoads confirmed the news that he won’t run for reelection to Civil Beat’s Kevin Dayton in an interview last week. The 62-year-old Rhoads told Dayton he’ll have served two decades in the Legislature by the time his current four-year term ends, and “for me personally, it’s enough.”

“It’s 20 years, and that’s a long time to do anything in this life, and it was great and it was an honor and a privilege, and you’ve got to know when it’s time to go, and it’s time for me to go,” he

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