{"id":1074550,"date":"2021-12-01T21:58:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T02:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1074550"},"modified":"2021-12-01T21:58:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T02:58:34","slug":"19-democrats-will-leave-the-house-in-2022-including-3-committee-chairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/19-democrats-will-leave-the-house-in-2022-including-3-committee-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Democrats Will Leave the House in 2022, Including 3 Committee Chairs"},"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\">24<\/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%2F19-democrats-will-leave-the-house-in-2022-including-3-committee-chairs%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=1074550&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\">The House Democrats and Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) hopes of remaining in the majority after the midterms are dwindling as another Democrat announced he will not seek reelection next year, widening the number of powerful committee chairs abandoning the House to three.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;announcements are piling up from vulnerable Democrats saying they are leaving their current seats to either retire or seek a different office. This hurts Pelosi\u2019s chances of remaining in the majority because Republicans only need to net five seats to get the House majority and retire Pelosi as speaker after the midterms.<\/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>Not only have 19 Democrats decided to call it quits on the House officially, but three&nbsp;committee chairs will also be leaving \u2014 most of which are in battleground districts. This gives Republicans a chance to gain another seat, and strong Republican candidates are already running in the majority \u2014 if not all \u2014 of the 19 districts.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining vulnerable Democrats will have to face&nbsp;tough reelection battles across the county and, in most cases, have to campaign in areas that have more than likely been redistricted. Also, democrats, during the last 11 months in office, have been siding with&nbsp;President Joe Biden on many key partisan issues, and his approval numbers have tanked over time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18512674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/oct20-2021-nancy-pelosi-build-back-better-bill-ap-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18512674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/oct20-2021-nancy-pelosi-build-back-better-bill-ap-photo.jpg\" alt=\"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks about President Joe Biden&#039;s &quot;Build Back Better&quot; plan at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks about President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d plan at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday,&nbsp;vulnerable&nbsp;Democrat and&nbsp;House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman&nbsp;Rep.&nbsp;Peter DeFazio (D-OR),&nbsp;who has been a part of the ongoing infrastructure talks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/01\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-house-transportation-chair-peter-defazio-will-retire\/\">announced<\/a> he would be the nineteenth Democrat to not run for reelection after his current term in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>DeFazio\u2019s departure as a chair&nbsp;casts more doubt on the Democrats\u2019 chances of keeping the House after the midterms.&nbsp;Courtney Parella, a spokeswoman from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), said,&nbsp;\u201cCommittee Chairs don\u2019t retire unless they know their majority is gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeFazio joined the ten&nbsp;Democrats who already announced they are retiring from public office after the current term, which expires in January 2023:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reps.&nbsp;Filemon Vela (D-TX) and Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/03\/22\/vulnerable-border-state-house-democrats-abandon-ship-two-announce-retirements\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;their retirements in March.<\/li>\n<li>Former&nbsp;Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chairwoman&nbsp;Rep.&nbsp;Cheri Bustos (D-IL)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/04\/30\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-cheri-bustos-announces-retirement\/\">announced<\/a> she would not seek reelection in April.<\/li>\n<li>Scandal-ridden Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/10\/unhappy-ending-wisconsin-democrat-ron-kind-announces-retirement\/\">announced<\/a> he would be retiring in August.<\/li>\n<li>House Budget Committee Chairman&nbsp;Rep.&nbsp;John Yarmuth (D-KY)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/10\/12\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-rep-john-yarmuth-announces-retirement\/\">announced,<\/a> along with longtime Reps. <span class=\"rollover-people\">David Price (D-NC) and Mike Doyle&nbsp;(D-PA) announced that they would not be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/10\/18\/pelosi-majority-house-democrats-retirement\/\">seeking<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"rollover-people\">reelection in October.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"rollover-people\">Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/16\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-jackie-speier-will-not-seek-reelection\/\">announced,<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/17\/pelosis-majority-rep-g-k-butterfield-retire\/\">along<\/a> with longtime Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) and&nbsp;House&nbsp;Science, Space, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/20\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-rep-eddie-bernice-johnson-officially-announces-retirement\/\">and<\/a> Technology Committee&nbsp;Chairwoman Rep.&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"rollover-people\">Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX),&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"rollover-people\">they would not seek reelection in November.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"rollover-people\">Additionally, eight Democrats have announced they are&nbsp;running for a different office:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"rollover-people\">Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/04\/26\/democrat-rep-tim-ryan-launches-senate-bid-to-replace-retiring-gop-sen-rob-portman\/\">announced<\/a> in April he would be running for the U.S. Senate seat in his home state being vacated by retiring&nbsp;Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"rollover-people\">Rep.&nbsp;Charlie Crist (D-FL)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/04\/charlie-crist-calls-quits-house-run-governor-pelosis-majority-crumbles\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;in May he is running for governor of Florida after previously being governor in the state as a Republican from&nbsp;2007 to 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"rollover-people\">Rep.&nbsp;Val Demings (D-FL) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/06\/09\/democrat-val-demings-officially-launches-senate-bid-against-republican-marco-rubio-florida\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;in June she would&nbsp;run for a U.S. Senate seat&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Sunshine State against incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"rollover-people\"> Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/06\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-conor-lamb-announces-u-s-senate-run-not-reelection\/\">announced<\/a> in August he would be&nbsp;running for the U.S. Senate seat in his home state being vacated by retiring&nbsp;Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA). <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"rollover-people\">Rep.&nbsp;Karen Bass (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/27\/karen-bass-enters-los-angeles-mayoral-race-leaves-house-behind\/\">announced<\/a> in September her candidacy for the Los Angeles&nbsp;mayoral race to replace outgoing Mayor Eric Garcetti (D).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"rollover-people\">Rep.&nbsp;Anthony Brown (D-MD)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/25\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-anthony-brown-leaving-house-announces-maryland-ag-bid\/\">announced<\/a> in October he would&nbsp;run for&nbsp;Maryland Attorney General. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"rollover-people\">Rep.&nbsp;Peter Welch (D-VT) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/22\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-longtime-vermont-rep-peter-welch-abandons-house-for-senate-bid\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;in November he would be&nbsp;running for the U.S. Senate seat in his home state being vacated by retiring&nbsp;Sen.&nbsp;Patrick Leahy (D-VT).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"rollover-people\">Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/11\/29\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-rep-tom-suozzi-will-run-new-york-governor-not-reelection\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;in November he would&nbsp;join the&nbsp;crowded race for&nbsp;New York governor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are rumors of more Democrats abandoning ship in the coming weeks and months leading up to the midterms. In addition, there have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/18\/droves-of-democrats-exiting-the-house-create-massive-problems-ahead-of-midterms\/\">reports<\/a> of&nbsp;Pelosi herself&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/19\/nancy-pelosis-retirement-rumors-swirl-democrats-swarm-power\/\">contemplating<\/a> leaving elected office.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The&nbsp;Congressional Leadership Fund&nbsp;Communications Director&nbsp;Calvin Moore told Breitbart News that&nbsp;\u201cHouse Democrats\u2019 retirement crisis is a five-alarm emergency that\u2019s growing worse day by day.&nbsp;Democrats are dropping like flies because they know they\u2019re going to get crushed next November.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18911618\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1233738525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18911618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1233738525.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">US President Joe Biden hands a pen to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi after signing S.J. Res. 13, a bill dealing with Employment Discrimination, during a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, June 30, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are also members such as&nbsp;embattled Rep. Vicente&nbsp;Gonzalez (D-TX), who announced he would be running for reelection, but in a different congressional district where he is an incumbent. In October, he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/10\/26\/democrat-vicente-gonzalez-congressional-district\/\">announced<\/a> that he is abandoning&nbsp;his constituents and his seat to run in a new district instead of reelection in his now-competitive congressional district, which Republican opponents have long sought to win.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News has extensively reported on&nbsp;Pelosi\u2019s majority crumbling&nbsp;in the past, with the&nbsp;Democrats&nbsp;struggling to find new candidates to run in some congressional districts because the majority, if not all, of the contested districts have strong Republican candidates already running.<\/p>\n<p>In September, a report from <em>Politico<\/em> outlined that House Democrats spent their last two elections (2018 and 2020) talking about their achievements unseating members in red districts \u2014 which have since become more competitive over the years. This happened as&nbsp;the majority of the districts where millions of dollars and hundreds of hours were spent fighting Republicans&nbsp;could disappear after redistricting.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden recently saw his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/16\/poll-joe-bidens-job-approval-hits-new-low-at-36-percent\/\">lowest<\/a> job approval numbers. According to a Zogby poll, Biden\u2019s&nbsp;job approval found a new low of 36.4 percent during the&nbsp;first nine months of his presidency. While the survey also found that&nbsp;61.3 percent of the respondents gave Biden a negative rating, the president was underwater with all age categories, particularly with the&nbsp;younger generation of voters between 18 and 29, which viewed him&nbsp;63 percent negatively and only 34 percent positively.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"29.052631578947\">\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Democrats and Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) hopes of remaining in the majority after the midterms are dwindling as another Democrat announced he will not seek reelection next year, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1074550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1074550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1074550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}