State Sen. Gloria Butler, D-Stone Mountain, has been a mainstay in the Georgia Senate for a quarter of a century, but her tenure is about to come to an end.
Butler, who is one of Gwinnett’s nine state senators, took to the Senate floor on Tuesday and told her colleagues she will retire when her current term ends later this year rather than seek re-election to a 14th term.
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