Habib Will Leave Lieutenant Governor Position At End Of Term

The Cascadian Advocate reports that Cyrus Habib, Washington's Lieutenant Governor, will not run for a second term and will, instead, join the Jesuit Order of the Catholic Church.
Habib, who became blind at the age of 8, won a seat in the Washington House Of Representatives in 2012.  At the end of his term, he ran to represent his district in the State Senate.  He was able to win that seat.
In 2016, he ran for State Lieutenant Governor, the office who succeeds the governor should he leave office before the end of his term.  The Lieutenant Governor also holds the top executive office while the governor is out of state.  In addition, he is the president of the state senate and can vote in the case of a tie.
In spite of these various duties, it is considered something of a retirement position.
Habib will have held the position for the shortest time since Emmett Anderson, who held it for from 1953 to 1957, Anderson's successor, John Cherberg, held the position from 1957 to 1989, a total of 32 years.