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CHEBOYGAN, Mich. - Even as tea party activists gloat over Rep.

MARQUETTE, Mich. - Rep. Bart Stupak insists that tea party activists outraged over his crucial support of health care legislation didn't run him out of office, but his decision to retire gives conservatives a rallying point as they target Democrats in the midterm elections.

MARQUETTE, Mich. - Rep. Bart Stupak, an anti-abortion Democrat targeted for defeat by tea party activists for his role in securing House approval of the health care overhaul, said Friday he's retiring after 18 years in Congress now that his main legislative goal has been accomplished.

MARQUETTE, Mich. - Congressman Bart Stupak of Michigan says he's retiring this year because "it's time to begin a new and exciting chapter." Stupak said during a news conference Friday that he made the decision within the last 36 hours not to seek a 10th term.