‘I really don’t want to leave’: Senator Kutcher bids an early farewell to the Red Chamber

‘I wish I hadn’t got this sick, but I can’t choose the card that I am dealt, but I can choose how to play them,’ says ISG Senator Stan Kutcher, who is delivering his farewell speech on May 7 in the Upper Chamber.

ISG Senator Stan Kutcher says it was ‘very, very difficult’ to come to the realization he could no longer give his post his all after he was diagnosed with immunodeficiency and neuropathy.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ELEANOR WAND

May 1, 2026

After nearly eight years in the Red Chamber, Senator Stan Kutcher is saying goodbye this month—not because he wants to leave, but because he can't give it his all anymore.

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