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Rep. Tom Marino from Pa.'s 12th congressional district to resign

A five-term Republican congressman who co-chaired Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign in Pennsylvania is resigning

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2012 file photo, Thomas Anthony Marino U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional districts is interviewed in his office in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C. Marino said in a statement Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, that his last day will be Jan. 23 and that he’s taking a job in the private sector. The 66-year-old Marino is a former county and federal prosecutor who co-chaired Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign in Pennsylvania. (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune via AP)
FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2012 file photo, Thomas Anthony Marino U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional districts is interviewed in his office in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C. Marino said in a statement Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, that his last day will be Jan. 23 and that he’s taking a job in the private sector. The 66-year-old Marino is a former county and federal prosecutor who co-chaired Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign in Pennsylvania. (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune via AP)Read moreJAKE DANNA STEVENS / AP
    by MARC LEVY and MARK SCOLFORO, The Associated Press
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A five-term Republican congressman who co-chaired Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign in Pennsylvania is resigning.

Tom Marino said in a statement Thursday that his last day will be Jan. 23 and that he's taking a job in the private sector.

The 66-year-old Marino is a former county and federal prosecutor who co-chaired Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign in Pennsylvania.

He easily won re-election in November to his heavily Republican district in northern Pennsylvania.

Trump nominated Marino in 2017 to become the nation's drug czar, but Marino withdrew his name after reports he played a key role in weakening federal power to stop companies from distributing opioids.

Marino's survived multiple bouts of kidney cancer.

Gov. Tom Wolf must schedule a special election to fill the remainder of Marino’s term.