{"id":1026459,"date":"2021-11-18T07:13:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T12:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1026459"},"modified":"2021-11-18T07:13:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T12:13:51","slug":"pelosis-majority-crumbles-rep-g-k-butterfield-will-retire-from-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-rep-g-k-butterfield-will-retire-from-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi\u2019s Majority Crumbles: Rep. G.K. Butterfield Will Retire from Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpelosis-majority-crumbles-rep-g-k-butterfield-will-retire-from-congress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1026459&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Long-time Democrat Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) will announce his retirement from Congress and has informed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) of his decision, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reubenjones1\/status\/1461064239125352450?s=21\">according<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nc\/charlotte\/politics\/2021\/11\/17\/longtime-eastern-n-c--congressman-to-retire\">sources<\/a> on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Butterfield\u2019s office did not confirm the congressman would be retiring. However, the office told&nbsp;Spectrum News 1, \u201cThe official announcement will be made later today or tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>While serving his tenth term in Congress, Butterfield has voted with the speaker&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/represent\/members\/P000197-nancy-pelosi\/compare-votes\/B001251-g-k-butterfield\/117\">100 percent<\/a> of the time in the current 117th Congress, not turning away from helping Pelosi pass partisan agenda ideas such as the infrastructure package.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman\u2019s retirement leaves his seat open for a brutal Democrat&nbsp;primary for new candidates vying for his seat.<\/p>\n<p>However, Republicans \u2014 who have been trending upwards in multiple generic ballots \u2014 are looking to flip his seat red in the midterms.&nbsp;Recently, numerous polls have shown Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/11\/07\/realclearpolitics-republicans-lead-generic-ballot-first-time-since-2014\/\">beating<\/a> Democrats in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/10\/poll-republicans-edge-out-democrats-in-generic-ballot-as-midterms-gear-up\/\">generic<\/a> ballot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/03\/poll-republicans-lead-democrats-in-generic-congressional-race\/\">leading up<\/a> to the midterms, as&nbsp;Democrats try to pass partisan agenda items.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, the&nbsp;National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC), the House Republican campaign arm, announced they added&nbsp;Butterfield to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcc.org\/2021\/11\/03\/nrcc-expands-offensive-map-announces-13-new-targets\/\">list of seats<\/a> they were hoping to pick off during the election. After sources said&nbsp;Butterfield would retire,&nbsp;<span class=\"rollover-people\">NRCC Communications Director Michael McAdams said,&nbsp;\u201cDemocrats have two choices: retire or lose. The smart ones are retiring.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Butterfield\u2019s&nbsp;announcement makes him the second congressional Democrat from North Carolina to announce his retirement. Rep. David Price (D-NC), another loyal confidant<span class=\"rollover-people\">&nbsp;to Pelosi,<\/span><span class=\"rollover-people\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/10\/18\/pelosi-majority-house-democrats-retirement\/\">announced<\/a> his retirement last month. Price, who has been in office since 1987, besides for two years, said,<\/span><span class=\"rollover-people\">&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s not an easy decision but one I feel confident in \u2026&nbsp;I\u2019m very grateful for the people who have made this period of service possible.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18362426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/external-content.duckduckgo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18362426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/external-content.duckduckgo.jpg\" alt=\"David Price, 115th Congress official photo, January 31, 2018, US House Office of Photography\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Price, 115th Congress official photo, January 31, 2018, U.S. House Office of Photography<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Breitbart News has extensively reported on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/18\/droves-of-democrats-exiting-the-house-create-massive-problems-ahead-of-midterms\/\">Pelosi\u2019s majority crumbling<\/a>&nbsp;in the past, keeping track of the Democrats\u2019 struggle to find new candidates, with numerous members \u2014 such as&nbsp;Butterfield and&nbsp;Price \u2014 that are&nbsp;announcing they will leave the House in the midterms. The midterms are quickly approaching.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are also facing tough redistricting battles in some states, which has partly made Butterfield\u2019s future uncertain.&nbsp;Spectrum News 1 reported,&nbsp;North Carolina\u2019s \u201cRepublican-led General Assembly approved maps that changed the congressman\u2019s political map, taking Democratic-leaning Greenville out of his district.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More so,&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em> also&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/09\/15\/democrats-house-gop-maps-511868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">outlined<\/a>&nbsp;in September that the House&nbsp;Democrats have spent their last two elections (2018 and 2020) bragging about unseating members in red districts that became competitive instead of preparing for the future. \u201cNow, Republicans are about to make many of those targets disappear from the battlefield entirely,\u201d <em>Politico&nbsp;<\/em>said.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-time Democrat Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) will announce his retirement from Congress and has informed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) of his decision, according to sources on Capitol Hill. 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