A record number of Republicans are leaving the House
- Thirty-Five House Republicans are retiring or running for higher office, the highest number since at least 1930, according to the Brookings Institution and CNN data.
- Ten House Republicans are running for governor, the most from either party since 1974 based on CNN data.
- Oklahoma Republican Representative Kevin Hern is running for the US Senate to replace Senator Markwayne Mullin, aiming to support President Trump's agenda.
- Democrats are targeting several open Republican seats amid favorable polling, with an NBC poll showing a 6-point Democratic lead on the generic ballot.
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ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: 36 House Republicans Now Calling It Quits
Democrats flipped 41 seats in 2018 after 34 GOP retirements House Republicans are retiring at an historic rate. With Rep. Kevin Hern announcing his candidacy for Senate, 36 House Republicans are now retiring from the 119th Congress — the most since 2018 when Democrats flipped 41 seats. A significant portion of these vacancies are in high-stakes battleground districts. Democrats have already set their sights on several of these now-open seats, …
Historic GOP exits from the House reported
WASHINGTON D.C. - The number of House Republicans leaving after this term has hit a historic high.
Thirty-five Republican elected officials have already announced that they would not run for a new term in the House — never seen for nearly a century. An exodus that could cost the Republicans their fragile majority as soon as the midterms of 2026. Republicans flee the House of Representatives in record numbers. Friday, the representative Darrell Issa (republican of [...] This article Republicans in Congress: The Great Leak Before the Midterms a…
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