Pledged, after announcing he would not seek re-election, to serve out the remaining roughly 18 months of his term and to vote independently on the merits ('call the balls and strikes as I see fit').

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Derived from a tracked promise: “Pledged, after announcing he would not seek re-election, to serve out the remaining roughly 18 months of his term and to vote independently …”