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4 days ago

Republican Vern Buchanan to Retire Latest in GOP Exodus

Rep. Vern Buchanan will retire from Congress after 20 years, becoming the 28th Republican not to seek reelection in the 2026 cycle.
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

A Blue Wave Looks Likelier Now Than It Did at This Point in 2018

2026 is going to be a chance to answer a pretty strange question: What if one of the most powerful and theoretically coveted jobs in the world was actually one that very few wanted to keep?
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4 weeks ago

Ex-Speaker McCarthy Warns Against GOP-Led Gerrymandering Push: The Politicians Are Now Picking the Voters'

Lawmakers are retiring partly because partisan gridlock, harassment, and threats make public service unrewarding while mid-decade gerrymandering intensifies electoral hostility.
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2 months ago

Morale Has Never Been Lower': House Republican Goes Scorched Earth on Trump White House and Speaker Johnson

House GOP morale is very low; members blame the White House and Speaker Mike Johnson, prompting retirements and predicting more early exits and lost majority.
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

After break with Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene will resign

Greene's announcement late Friday that she would resign effective Jan. 5, 2026, is the latest escalation of months of clashes with the president over his second term agenda including the release of the Epstein files. "Standing up for American women who were raped at 14, trafficked and used by rich powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the President of the United States, whom I fought for," Greene wrote in a lengthy statement shared online.
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4 months ago

A record number of Congressional lawmakers aren't running for reelection in 2026. Here's the list

A record 10 senators and 27 House members are leaving current seats before 2026, with more Republicans exiting than Democrats and many seeking other offices.
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