混乱感到沮丧 霉国国会近 40 议员不玩了

国会中的退休人数不断增加：一些人因“混乱”而感到沮丧，另一些人则寻求新的职业——或者休息
作者：斯科特·麦克法兰

2023 年 11 月 27 日 / 晚上 8:24 美国东部时间 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻

俄勒冈州民主党众议员厄尔·布卢梅瑙尔 (Earl Blumenauer) 是本届任期结束时离开国会的近 40 名议员之一。

布鲁梅瑙尔告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻：“我深深尊重两党的一些同事，但与他们合作越来越困难。” “房子里无休无止的混乱确实消耗了大部分氧气。”

气候活动人士呼吁停止化石燃料补贴

文件：2021 年 6 月 29 日，俄勒冈州众议员厄尔·布卢梅瑙尔 (Earl Blumenauer) 在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦附近的“终结化石燃料”集会上发表讲话。 由我们的革命组织的示威者呼吁国会采取行动终止化石燃料补贴。

“众议院的功能失调是我决定离开的部分原因，”科罗拉多州共和党众议员肯·巴克说。 “人们经常撒谎。当你揭穿谎言时，你就是坏人。我觉得我在国会之外比在国会内部能做更多的事情。”

61 岁的马里兰州众议员、民主党人约翰·萨班斯 (John Sarbanes) 表示：“我正处于人生的这个阶段，无论是年龄还是职业生涯，如果我还有新的篇章，我想要去探索它。” 在众议院忙碌的一周之前，哥伦比亚广播公司通过电话新闻报道。 萨班斯宣布他在众议院的第九个任期将是他的最后一个任期。

随着国会艰难地度过了一年的僵局、摊牌、尖刻和众议院议长首次被罢黜，一波现任议员宣布他们将放弃在国会山的职业生涯。

一些众议院议员和工作人员表示，大量退休人员令人不安，因为退休人员中包括被同行视为国会主力的资深议员。

房屋能源和商业加价

文件：左起，佛罗里达州民主党众议员达伦·索托 (Darren Soto)、加利福尼亚州民主党众议员安娜·埃舒 (Anna Eshoo) 和特拉华州民主党众议员丽莎·布伦特·罗切斯特 (Lisa Blunt Rochester) 于 7 月 21 日星期二在雷伯恩大厦 (Rayburn Building) 参加众议院能源和商业委员会加价活动。 2021 年。
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加利福尼亚州民主党众议员安娜·埃舒 (Anna Eshoo) 已在众议院任职 32 年，她在国会生涯中发起了 60 多项立法并最终成为法律，她即将退休。

埃修在加利福尼亚州的办公室研究室接受采访时告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，“我从来没有逃避过任何事情。我没有逃离国会。我将从国会退休。我是否担心众议院的状态？ 代表们参加了？我当然参加了。我担心这个国家。”

但当被问及第 118 届国会的毒性是否促使她退休时，埃修回答说：“没有。这不是我的理由。我认为是时候了。”

这类退休人员还包括得克萨斯州共和党众议员凯·格兰杰（Kay Granger），他是权力很大的众议院拨款委员会的主席。 华盛顿州民主党众议员德里克·基尔默（Derek Kilmer）是西雅图地区的国会议员，他最近帮助制定了一项实现国会现代化的计划和报告，旨在提供“改善和加强众议院的建议”。

众议员布拉德·温斯特鲁普 (Brad Wenstrup) 是俄亥俄州共和党人，担任调查 COVID-19 大流行的小组主席，他也是一名退伍军人，曾帮助应对和照顾在 2017 年弗吉尼亚州枪击事件中受伤的众议院同事。

即将离任的议员名单中还包括历来弥合分歧并提供关键选票的中间派参议员，其中包括犹他州共和党参议员米特·罗姆尼和西弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员乔·曼钦。

庞大的数字可能会导致国会失去一些机构记忆以及帮助达成交易和两党立法的关系。

为国会办公室提供咨询服务的非营利组织国会管理基金会表示，国会的经验已经在减少。 基金会主席布拉德·菲奇 (Brad Fitch) 告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻 (CBS News)，“在 2023 年国会开始时，大约一半的众议院议员拥有四年或更少的工作经验。”

“无论我们谈论的是足球教练、神经外科医生还是国会议员，经验都很重要，”菲奇说。 “国会难以履行对美国公众的基本责任的原因之一是，他们中的许多人仍在学习如何做好自己的工作。”

这些退休人员还包括那些寻求更高职位或其他职位的人，其中包括弗吉尼亚州民主党众议员阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格(Abigail Spanberger)，她是中间派交易撮合者，她于2018年将弗吉尼亚州的红区变成了蓝区。斯潘伯格已宣布她将在2025年竞选该州州长。

西弗吉尼亚州共和党众议员亚历克斯·穆尼(Alex Mooney)即将离开一年前他在一场痛苦而备受瞩目的党内初选后赢得的席位，转而寻求共和党提名，争夺曼钦(Manchin)空出的西弗吉尼亚州参议院席位。

离职可能会扩散。 布卢梅瑙尔表示，他不太愿意竞选连任，因为与他合作制定立法的许多共和党人都是共和党人。

特别提到温斯特鲁普的退休。

埃修的离职在民主党人中引起了反响。 前众议院议长南希·佩洛西在一份声明中告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，“女议员埃修一直是美国国会的巨人。三十年来，她不仅出色地代表了她认为最好的选区，而且代表了我们的选区。” 州和我们的国家。看到我们的价值观和我们的立法之间的联系。”

国会的毒性和 2021 年 1 月 6 日国会大厦袭击事件的后果继续产生影响。

“人们经常撒谎，”巴克说。 “谎称选举被窃取，谎称 1 月 6 日是在无人引导的情况下参观国会大厦，谎称 1 月 6 日被告是政治犯。”

一些人的退休可能会对各党赢得众议院多数席位的能力产生影响。 预计斯潘伯格的席位将成为共和党的重点争夺目标。

代表摇摆州蓝领地区的密歇根州民主党众议员丹·基尔迪在退休声明中代表该党表达了乐观态度。 他表示，他相信民主党明年将赢得弗林特地区的席位。

曼钦的退休引发了人们对他可能考虑第三方竞选白宫的猜测，从而危及拜登总统的连任前景。 本月早些时候，曼钦在接受哥伦比亚广播公司晚间新闻主播兼总编辑诺拉·奥唐纳采访时表达了对国会党派之争的失望。

“我得出的结论是，我们不会在华盛顿解决这个问题，”曼钦说。 “我们正在失去那个中间部分。我们正在失去你如何得出结论以通过我们通过的法案的核心。”

Retirements mount in Congress: Some are frustrated by "chaos," and others seek new careers — or rest

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-retirement-numbers-growing-frustrated-chaos/

BY SCOTT MACFARLANE   NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Congressman Earl Blumenauer, an Oregon Democrat, is one of nearly 40 lawmakers leaving Congress at the end of this term. 

"I deeply respect some of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, but it's harder and harder to work with them," Blumenauer told CBS News. "The unending chaos in the House really takes up most of the oxygen."

File: Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) speaks at an End Fossil Fuel rally near the U.S. Capitol on June 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. Organized by Our Revolution, demonstrators called on Congress to take action in ending fossil fuel subsidies.ANNA MONEYMAKER / GETTY IMAGES

"The dysfunction in the House is part of the reason why I've decided to leave," said GOP Rep. Ken Buck, of Colorado. "People are lying a lot. And when you call out the lies, you're the bad guy. I feel like I can do more outside of Congress than inside of Congress."

"I'm at that point of my life, age-wise and career-wise, where if I have one more chapter, I want to go explore it," 61-year-old Maryland Rep. John Sarbanes, a Democrat, told CBS News by phone ahead of a busy week in the House. Sarbanes has announced his ninth term in the House will be his final one.    

As Congress slogs through a year of stalemates, showdowns, acrimony and the first-ever ousting of a House speaker, a wave of incumbent lawmakers have announced they're walking away from their Capitol Hill careers.

The large number of retirements is troubling, said some House members and staffers, because the retirees include veteran lawmakers considered to be workhorses of Congress by their peers.

File: From left, Reps. Darren Soto, D-Fla., Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., attend a House Energy and Commerce Committee markup in Rayburn Building on Tuesday, July 21, 2021. TOM WILLIAMS/CQ-ROLL CALL, INC VIA GETTY IMAGES

Rep. Anna Eshoo, a California Democrat in her 32nd year in the House, will retire after a congressional career in which she sponsored over 60 pieces of legislation that became law.  

In an interview from her office study in California, Eshoo told CBS News, "I've never run away from anything.  I'm not fleeing the Congress. I'm retiring from Congress. Do I worry about the state that the House of Representatives is in? I certainly do. I worry about the country."  

But when pressed on whether the toxicity of the 118th Congress persuaded her to retire, Eshoo replied, "Not really. That's not my reason. I think it's time."

This class of retirees also includes Rep. Kay Granger, the Texas Republican who chairs the powerful House Appropriations Committee. And Rep. Derek Kilmer, Democrat of Washington, the Seattle-area congressman who recently helped develop a plan and report to modernize Congress, which sought to offer "recommendations for improving and strengthening the House." 

Rep. Brad Wenstrup is an Ohio Republican who chairs a panel investigating the COVID-19 pandemic, and he's also a military veteran who helped respond and care for a House colleague wounded in a 2017 shooting spree in Virginia.   

The list of departing lawmakers also includes centrist senators who have a history of bridging gaps and providing pivotal votes, including Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, and Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia.

The sheer numbers threaten to bleed Congress of some its institutional memory and the relationships that helped forge deals and bipartisan legislation.

The Congressional Management Foundation, a nonprofit which provides consulting for congressional offices, said experience is already dwindling in Congress. Foundation president Brad Fitch told CBS News, "At the start of this Congress in 2023 about half of the House of Representatives had four years or less of experience in their jobs."   

"Experience matters, whether we talking about football coaches, neurosurgeons or members of Congress," Fitch said. "One of the reasons why Congress is having difficulty fulfilling it's basic responsibilities to the American public is because many of them are still learning how to do their jobs."

The retirees also include those seeking higher or different offices, including Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Virginia Democrat and centrist dealmaker who turned a red district to blue in Virginia in 2018. Spanberger has announced she's running for governor of her state in 2025.   

West Virginia GOP Rep. Alex Mooney is departing a seat he won after an agonizing and high-profile intraparty primary just a year ago, to pursue the Republican nomination for the West Virginia Senate seat Manchin is vacating.

The departures could metastasize. Blumenauer said he was less inclined to run for reelection because so many of the Republicans with whom he partners on legislation are leaving, citing in particular Wenstrup's retirement.   

Eshoo's departure has reverberated among Democrats. In a statement, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told CBS News, "Congresswoman Eshoo has been a giant in the Congress of the United States. For three decades, she has magnificently represented not only her district, which she considers the best, but also our state and our country. Seeing the connection between our values and our legislation."

The toxicity of the Congress and the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol continue to have an impact.  

"People are lying a lot," Buck said. "Lying about the election being stolen, about Jan. 6 being an unguided tour of the Capitol, about the Jan. 6 defendants being political prisoners." 

Some of the retirements could have an impact on each party's ability to win a majority in the House.   Spanberger's seat is expected to be heavily targeted by Republicans.

In his retirement announcement, Rep. Dan Kildee, Democrat of Michigan, who represents a blue-collar area in a swing state, expressed optimism on behalf of his party. He said he is confident a Democrat will win his seat in the Flint area next year. 

Manchin's retirement has fueled speculation that he might consider a third-party run for the White House, endangering the reelection prospects of President Biden. Speaking earlier this month with CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell, Manchin expressed frustration with partisanship in Congress.  

"I've come to the conclusion we're not going to fix it here in Washington," Manchin said. "We're losing that middle. We're losing the core of how you come you come to conclusions to pass the bills that we pass."

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Fifty-five members of Congress—six members of the U.S. Senate and 49 members of the U.S. House— announced they would not seek re-election in 2022. Of those, 38 members—six senators and 32 representatives—announced their retirement. Five retiring Senate members were Republicans and one was a Democrat, and of the retiring House members, 22 were Democrats and 10 were Republicans.

Seventeen U.S. House members ran for other offices:

• Five Republicans and four Democrats sought seats in the U.S. Senate.
• One Republican and three Democrats ran for governor.
• One Republican ran for secretary of state.
• One Democrat ran for mayor.
• One Democrat and one Republican ran for attorney general.

No U.S. Senate members ran for other offices.

Between January 2011 and February 2022, a total of 295 incumbents retired from the U.S. House and Senate. Out of every election cycle from 2012 to 2020, the 2018 cycle had the highest number of retirements at 55, and the 2020 cycle had the fewest with 40 announcements. From 2011 to 2021, there were an average of 26 announcements per year.

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U.S. Senate members

See also: United States Senate elections, 2022

Incumbents retiring from public office

•  1 Democrat
•  5 Republicans

Retired from public office, 2022
Name	Party	State	Date announced
Richard Burr	Republican	North Carolina	July 20, 2016[1]
Pat Toomey	Republican	Pennsylvania	Oct. 5, 2020[2]
Rob Portman	Republican	Ohio	Jan. 25, 2021[3]
Richard Shelby	Republican	Alabama	Feb. 8, 2021[4]
Roy Blunt	Republican	Missouri	March 8, 2021[5]
Patrick Leahy	Democratic	Vermont	November 15, 2021[6]

 

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U.S. House members

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2022

Forty-nine representatives did not seek re-election to their U.S. House seats (not including those who left office early):

•  31 Democrats
•  18 Republicans

Incumbents retiring from public office

•  22 Democrats
•  10 Republicans

Retired from public office, 2022
Name	Party	State	Date announced
Christopher Jacobs	Republican	New York	June 3, 2022[7]
Bob Gibbs	Republican	Ohio	April 6, 2022[8]
Fred Upton	Republican	Michigan	April 5, 2022[9]
Van Taylor	Republican	Texas	March 2, 2022[10]
Ted Deutch	Democratic	Florida	February 28, 2022[11]
Fred Keller	Republican	Pennsylvania	February 28, 2022[12]
Kathleen Rice	Democratic	New York	February 15, 2022[13]
Jim Cooper	Democratic	Tennessee	January 25, 2022[14]
Jerry McNerney	Democratic	California	January 18, 2022[15]
Jim Langevin	Democratic	Rhode Island	January 18, 2022[16]
John Katko	Republican	New York	January 14, 2022[17]
Trey Hollingsworth	Republican	Indiana	January 12, 2022[18]
Ed Perlmutter	Democratic	Colorado	January 10, 2022[19]
Brenda Lawrence	Democratic	Michigan	January 4, 2022[20]
Bobby Rush	Democratic	Illinois	January 3, 2022[21]
Albio Sires	Democratic	New Jersey	December 21, 2021[22]
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democratic	California	December 21, 2021[23]
Stephanie Murphy	Democratic	Florida	December 20, 2021[24]
Alan Lowenthal	Democratic	California	December 16, 2021[25]
Peter DeFazio	Democratic	Oregon	December 1, 2021[26]
G.K. Butterfield	Democratic	North Carolina	November 19, 2021[27]
Jackie Speier	Democratic	California	November 16, 2021[28]
Adam Kinzinger	Republican	Illinois	October 29, 2021[29]
Michael Doyle	Democratic	Pennsylvania	October 18, 2021[30]
David Price	Democratic	North Carolina	October 18, 2021[31]
John Yarmuth	Democratic	Kentucky	October 12, 2021[32]
Anthony Gonzalez	Republican	Ohio	September 16, 2021[33]
Ron Kind	Democratic	Wisconsin	August 10, 2021[34]
Cheri Bustos	Democratic	Illinois	April 30, 2021[35]
Kevin Brady	Republican	Texas	April 14, 2021[36]
Ann Kirkpatrick	Democratic	Arizona	March 12, 2021[37]
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democratic	Texas	October 9, 2019[38]

Incumbents seeking other offices

U.S. House members seeking a seat in the U.S. Senate

•  5 Republican members of the U.S. House
•  4 Democratic members of the U.S. House

Ran for Senate, 2022
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced
Markwayne Mullin	Republican	Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District	February 26, 2022[39]
Peter Welch	Democratic	Vermont's At-Large Congressional District	November 22, 2021[40]
Conor Lamb	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 17th	August 6, 2021[41]
Billy Long	Republican	Missouri's 7th	August 3, 2021[42]
Vicky Hartzler	Republican	Missouri's 4th	June 10, 2021[43]
Val Demings	Democratic	Florida's 10th	June 9, 2021[44]
Ted Budd	Republican	North Carolina's 13th	April 28, 2021[45]
Tim Ryan	Democratic	Ohio's 13th	April 26, 2021[46]
Mo Brooks	Republican	Alabama's 5th	March 22, 2021[47]

U.S. House members running for governor

•  3 Democratic members of the U.S. House
•  1 Republican member of the U.S. House

Ran for governor, 2022
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced
Kai Kahele	Democratic	Hawaii's 2nd	May 7, 2022[48]
Tom Suozzi	Democratic	New York's 3rd	November 29, 2021[49]
Charlie Crist	Democratic	Florida's 13th	May 4, 2021[50]
Lee Zeldin	Republican	New York's 1st	April 8, 2021[51][52]

U.S. House members running for another office

•  2 Democratic members of the U.S. House
•  2 Republican members of the U.S. House

Ran for another office, 2022
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced
Louie Gohmert	Republican	Texas' 1st	November 22, 2021[53]
Anthony G. Brown	Democratic	Maryland's 4th	October 25, 2021[54]
Karen Bass	Democratic	California's 37th	September 27, 2021[55]
Jody Hice	Republican	Georgia's 10th	March 22, 2021[56]

Announcements by number of months before an election

 

Congressional incumbents who left office early

Note: The individuals in the list below were not included in the number of congressional retirements above. In most cases, replacements were sworn in before the 2022 elections.[57]

Left office early, 2021-2022
Name	Party	Office	Date left office
Jackie Walorski	Republican	Indiana's 2nd Congressional District	August 3, 2022[58]
Antonio Delgado	Democrat	New York's 19th Congressional District	May 25, 2022[59]
Tom Reed	Republican	New York's 23rd Congressional District	May 10, 2022[60]
Jim Inhofe	Republican	U.S. Senate, Oklahoma	January 3, 2023[61]
Filemon Vela	Democratic	Texas' 34th Congressional District	April 1, 2022[62]
Jeff Fortenberry	Republican	Nebraska's 1st Congressional District	March 31, 2022[63]
Don Young	Republican	Alaska's At-Large Congressional District	March 18, 2022[64]
Jim Hagedorn	Republican	Minnesota's 1st	February 17, 2022[65]
Devin Nunes	Republican	California's 22nd	December 31, 2021[66]
Cedric Richmond	Democratic	Louisiana's 2nd	January 15, 2021[67]
Kamala Harris	Democratic	U.S. Senate, California	January 18, 2021[68]
Ronald Wright	Republican	Texas' 6th	February 7, 2021[69]
Marcia L. Fudge	Democratic	Ohio's 11th	March 10, 2021[70]
Debra Haaland	Democratic	New Mexico's 1st	March 16, 2021[71]
Alcee Hastings	Democratic	Florida's 20th	April 6, 2021[72]
Steve Stivers	Republican	Ohio's 15th	May 16, 2021[73]
Donald McEachin	Democratic	Virginia's 4th	November 28, 2022[74]

 

 

Analysis

Historical comparison

The following table includes figures on Democratic and Republican members of Congress who either left office during their term or announced that they would not seek re-election for each election year since 2012.

[hide]Outgoing members of Congress, 2012-2020
Year	Chamber	Democrats not seeking re-election	Republicans not seeking re-election	Total not seeking re-election	Democrats leaving office early	Republicans leaving office early	Total leaving office early
2020
	U.S. Senate	1	3	4	0	1	1
	U.S. House	9	26	36[75]	3	8	11
	Total	10	29	40	3	9	12
2018
	U.S. Senate	0	3	3	1	2	3
	U.S. House	18	34	52	3	14	17
	Total	18	37	55	4	16	20
2016
	U.S. Senate	3	2	5	0	0	0
	U.S. House	16	24	40	2	5	7
	Total	19	26	45	2	5	7
2014
	U.S. Senate	5	2	7	3	2	5
	U.S. House	16	25	41	3	6	9
	Total	21	27	48	6	8	14
2012
	U.S. Senate	6	3	10[76]	0	0	0
	U.S. House	23	20	43	4	1	5
	Total	29	23	53	4	1	5

The following chart compares the number of Democrats and Republicans in Congress who did not seek re-election between 2012 and 2020.

Retirements as a percentage of party caucus

The number of retirements in each party as a percentage of the party's total number of Congressional members illustrates the amount of turnover happening within a party in a given election cycle. The table below shows Congressional retirements as a percentage of each party's total caucus members immediately following the previous election.

Retirements as percent of Democrat and Republican caucus
Cycle	Total retiring incumbents	Retiring Democrats	Retiring Democrats as percentage of caucus	Retiring Republicans	Retiring Republicans as percentage of caucus
2022	55	32	11.85%	23	8.75%
2020	40	10	3.57%	29	11.46%
2018	55	18	7.44%	37	12.63%
2016	45	19	8.12%	26	8.64%
2014	48	21	8.47%	27	9.41%

Prior election margins of victory

Retirements in districts with a narrow margin of victory (MOV) can indicate a potentially competitive election in the next cycle. Retirements from seats with a margin of victory of less than 10 percentage points in each election cycle included:

• Seven Democrats and three Republicans out of 56 total retirements in the 2022 cycle
• Seven Republicans out of 40 total retirements in the 2020 cycle
• Five Democrats and three Republicans out of 55 total retirements in the 2018 cycle
• Five Democrats and one Republican out of 45 total retirements in the 2016 cycle
• Five Democrats and Five Republicans out of 48 total retirements in the 2014 cycle

Retirements in districts that had a MOV of 10 percentage points or less in the prior cycle, 2014-2022
Cycle	Total retiring incumbents	Retiring incumbents with MOV of	Retiring Democrats with MOV of	Retiring Republicans with MOV of
2022	55	10	7	3
2020	40	7	0	7
2018	55	8	5	3
2016	45	6	5	1
2014	48	10	5	5

Congressional retirements by month, 2011-2022

See also: Congressional retirements by month, 2011-2022

Between January 2011 and November 2023, Ballotpedia tracked 338 announcements from members of the U.S. House and Senate who announced they would not run for re-election. January had the highest number of members announcing they would not run for re-election at 59. Thirty-nine of those took place during election years and 20 during odd-number years. The fewest announcements took place in June at 12—nine during off years and three during election years.

Hover over the bars in the chart below to see the number of even- and odd-year announcements by month.

November had the second-highest total announcements at 46. Five November announcements occurred during an election year and 41 occurred during an off year.

August saw the second-fewest announcements after June at 15. All but one occurred during off years.

Announcements by month and year

The following table shows the number of members who announced they would not run for re-election by month and by year. Click on a month to sort the table in ascending or descending order by that month.

 

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See also

• United States Congress elections, 2022
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
• United States Senate elections, 2022
• List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020
• List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2018
• List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016

Footnotes

 

1. ↑ Charlotte Observer, "US Sen. Richard Burr says 2016 will be his last run for elected office," July 20, 2016
2. ↑ The Hill, "Toomey announces retirement at end of 2022," October 5, 2020
3. ↑ Cleveland.com, "U.S. Sen. Rob Portman says he won’t run for re-election: Capitol Letter," January 25, 2021
4. ↑ WAAY, "ALABAMA U.S. SEN. RICHARD SHELBY CONFIRMS HE WON'T RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2022," February 8, 2021
5. ↑ Politico, "GOP Sen. Roy Blunt will not run for reelection," February 8, 2021
6. ↑ Casper Star Tribune, "Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy won’t seek reelection," November 15, 2021
7. ↑ New York Times, "N.Y. Republican Drops Re-Election Bid After Bucking His Party on Guns," June 3, 2022
8. ↑ Cleveland, "U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs to retire amid primary battle forced by redistricting," April 6, 2022
9. ↑ Washington Post, "GOP Rep. Upton, who voted to impeach Trump, will not seek reelection," April 5, 2022
10. ↑ Texas Tribune, "U.S. Rep. Van Taylor ends reelection campaign after he admits to affair," March 2, 2022
11. ↑ Politico, "Florida Democrat Deutch announces he won’t run for reelection," February 28, 2022
12. ↑ The Washington Post, "Rep. Fred Keller (R-Pa.) announces he won’t seek reelection," February 28, 2022
13. ↑ Roll Call, "New York’s Rice, who opposed Pelosi as leader, decides to retire," February 15, 2022
14. ↑ The Washington Post, "Rep. Jim Cooper announces he will not run for reelection, accusing GOP of ‘dismembering’ his Nashville district," January 25, 2022
15. ↑ Politico, "McNerney to retire, Harder shifts to his seat," January 18, 2022
16. ↑ Providence Journal, "In his own words|Rep. Jim Langevin: Why I won't be running for reelection in 2022," January 18, 2022
17. ↑ CNN, "Third House Republican who voted to impeach Trump calls it quits," January 14, 2022
18. ↑ CNN, "GOP Rep. Trey Hollingsworth announces he won't seek reelection to Indiana seat," January 12, 2022
19. ↑ The Hill, "Rep. Perlmutter says he won't seek reelection in November," January 10, 2022
20. ↑ The Washington Post, "Rep. Brenda Lawrence announces she will not seek reelection," January 4, 2022
21. ↑ Politico, "Bobby Rush to relinquish 30-year hold on House seat," January 3, 2022
22. ↑ Congressman Albio Sires, "Congressman Sires Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection," December 24, 2021
23. ↑ CNN, "California Democrat announces she will not seek reelection to Congress," December 21, 2021
24. ↑ Politico, "Murphy, a leader of House Dem centrists, won't seek reelection," December 20, 2021
25. ↑ Congressman Alan Lowenthal, "Congressman Alan Lowenthal Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection To Congress In 2022," December 16, 2021
26. ↑ Politico, "Peter DeFazio will retire from Congress in latest blow to Democrats," December 1, 2021
27. ↑ CNN, "G.K. Butterfield latest Democrat to announce he will not seek reelection," November 18, 2021
28. ↑ Politico, "Rep. Jackie Speier retiring from Congress," November 16, 2021
29. ↑ CNN, "Adam Kinzinger, outspoken GOP Trump critic, won't seek reelection for US House seat," October 29, 2021
30. ↑ Politico, "House Dem retirement rush continues with 2 new departures," October 18, 2021
31. ↑ Chapelboro, "Longtime Orange County Congressman David Price Set to Retire," October 18, 2021
32. ↑ CNN, "John Yarmuth, powerful liberal from Kentucky, announces he'll retire from Congress at the end of his term," October 12, 2021
33. ↑ New York Times, "Ohio House Republican, Calling Trump ‘a Cancer,’ Bows Out of 2022," September 16, 2021
34. ↑ Politico, "Rep. Ron Kind announces retirement in boon to GOP's House hopes," August 10, 2021
35. ↑ Politico, "Cheri Bustos, who led Democrats through tumultuous 2020 election, announces retirement," April 30, 2021
36. ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Republican U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady will retire from Congress at the end of his term," April 14, 2021
37. ↑ Politico, "Ann Kirkpatrick announces 1st House retirement of 2022," March 12, 2021
38. ↑ Roll Call, "Texas Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson says she’ll run for one final term," October 9, 2019
39. ↑ MSN, "U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin announces Senate bid to fill seat soon to be vacated by Sen. Jim Inhofe" February 26, 2022
40. ↑ 270 to Win, "Vermont Rep. Peter Welch Running to Replace Retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy," November 22, 2021
41. ↑ Politico, "Conor Lamb launching Senate bid in Pennsylvania," August 6, 2021
42. ↑ Politico, "Rep. Billy Long launches Missouri Senate campaign after meeting with Trump," August 3, 2021
43. ↑ Roll Call, "Missouri GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler launches Senate run," June 10, 2021
44. ↑ Politico, "Demings launches Senate bid against Rubio," June 9, 2021
45. ↑ The North State Journal, "Ted Budd enters 2022 U.S. Senate race," April 28, 2021
46. ↑ CNN, "Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan launches campaign of US Senate seat in Ohio," April 26, 2021
47. ↑ AL.com, "Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks launches U.S. Senate campaign," March 22, 2021
48. ↑ KITV, "Congressman Kai Kahele announces bid for Hawai'i Governor," May 8, 2022
49. ↑ Politico, "Suozzi becomes fourth Democrat to enter New York governor’s race," November 29, 2021
50. ↑ Politico, "Florida's Crist becomes first prominent Democrat to challenge DeSantis," May 4, 2021
51. ↑ CNN, "Trump ally GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin announces plan to run for New York governor in 2022," April 8, 2021
52. ↑ As of April 14, 2021, Zeldin had not made an announcement on whether he planned to also run for U.S. House.
53. ↑ Politico, "Rep. Louie Gohmert announces he's running for Texas AG," November 22, 2021
54. ↑ Maryland Matters, "Forgoing Congressional Re-Election Bid, Anthony Brown to Run for Attorney General," October 25, 2021
55. ↑ Yahoo, "Karen Bass Launches Bid For Mayor Of Los Angeles," September 27, 2021
56. ↑ Politico, "Trump looks to take down Raffensperger in Georgia," March 22, 2021
57. ↑ Luke Letlow (R), representative-elect for Louisiana's 5th Congressional District, died on December 29, 2020, before being sworn into office.
58. ↑ Walorski died on August 3, 2022.CNN, "Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski is killed in car accident, McCarthy announces," accessed August 3, 2022
59. ↑ CNN, "Hochul taps Rep. Antonio Delgado to be New York lieutenant governor," May 3, 2022
60. ↑ WIBV, "Tom Reed resigns from Congress," May 10, 2022
61. ↑ Inhofe announced his retirement, effective January 3, 2023. Tulsa World, "U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe announces retirement after 35 years in Congress representing Oklahoma," February 25, 2022
62. ↑ Texas Democrat resigns from Congress to join lobbying firm," accessed April 1, 2022
63. ↑ AP News, "US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska announces resignation," accessed March 26, 2022
64. ↑ Young died on March 18, 2022.Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young has died at age 88," accessed March 18, 2022
65. ↑ Hagedorn died on February 17, 2022. CBS Minnesota, "Congressman Jim Hagedorn Dies," February 18, 2022
66. ↑ CNBC, "GOP Rep. Devin Nunes resigns from Congress to become CEO of Trump’s media company," December 6, 2021
67. ↑ Richmond resigned to serve as senior adviser to the president and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.
68. ↑ Harris resigned two days before being sworn in as vice president.
69. ↑ Wright died on February 7, 2021. The Hill, "Rep. Ron Wright dies after contracting COVID-19," February 8, 2021
70. ↑ Fudge resigned to serve as the U.S. secretary of housing and urban development. C-Span, "Marcia Fudge Submits Resignation Letter to House," March 10, 2021
71. ↑ Haaland resigned to serve as the U.S. secretary of the interior. Indian Country Today, "Deb Haaland swearing in details announced," March 16, 2021
72. ↑ Hastings died on April 6, 2021. The Hill, "Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings dead at 84," April 6, 2021
73. ↑ Stivers resigned to serve as President and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. 10TV, "Rep. Steve Stivers announces he will step down from Congress in May," April 19, 2021
74. ↑ McEachin died on November 28, 2022. WTVR, "Rep. Donald McEachin passes away at 61 after battle with colorectal cancer," November 28, 2022
75. ↑ Includes Rep. Justin Amash (L), who did not seek re-election.
76. ↑ Figure includes Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).

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