Later Years
On October 8, 2007, Versace announced that he would run as a Democrat for the 18th Congressional District seat then held by Republican Congressman Ray Lahood, who was retiring. On December 8, 2007, however, Versace announced that he would not be running due to "unforeseen personal circumstances."
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Famous quotes containing the word years:
“Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might
Of heaven-born freedom on thy being’s height,
Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke
The years to bring the inevitable yoke,”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“In ten thousand years the Sierras
Will be dry and dead, home of the scorpion.”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)