After defeating a 28-year incumbent to win a seat in the state House of Representatives, Lisa Bennington is hanging it up with only a single term behind her.

The state representative for District 21 announced in January that she is returning to full-time practice as a divorce lawyer, and not seeking re-election.

For Bennington, who ran a reformist’s campaign in 2006, it’s been two years of frustration and one long, sobering look at Harrisburg.

“I think the legislature as it currently exists … the wheels have come off,” she says. “I don’t know that one person individually can make a difference.”