{"id":1126727,"date":"2021-12-16T22:14:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T03:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1126727"},"modified":"2021-12-16T22:14:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T03:14:19","slug":"20-democrats-will-not-seek-reelection-in-house-4x-number-gop-needs-to-win-back-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/20-democrats-will-not-seek-reelection-in-house-4x-number-gop-needs-to-win-back-majority\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Democrats Will Not Seek Reelection in House \u2014 4X Number GOP Needs to Win Back Majority"},"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\">34<\/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%2F20-democrats-will-not-seek-reelection-in-house-4x-number-gop-needs-to-win-back-majority%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=1126727&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nancy-Pelosi-staredown-mask-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">As the twentieth Democrat announced an exit from the House of Representatives after the midterms, the party\u2019s chances of maintaining the majority have declined, as the Republicans only need to net a quarter of those seats to win back the majority.<\/p>\n<p>The announcements are piling up, with California Democrat Rep. Alan Lowenthal on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/16\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-california-democrat-rep-alan-lowenthal-not-seek-reelection-2022\/\">becoming<\/a> the latest to say he&nbsp;would not run for reelection at the end of his current term, noting, \u201cit is time to pass the baton\u201d as his \u201cjourney\u201d comes to an end.&nbsp;However, his&nbsp;announcement is only the latest, as older or more vulnerable Democrats are leaving their current seats to retire, including three committee chairs, or seek a different office, either on the local or state level.<\/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>As the twentieth departure, Lowenthal casts more doubt on the Democrats\u2019 chances of keeping the House after the midterms since the&nbsp;Republicans only need to net a five. After&nbsp;Lowenthal made his announcement,&nbsp;Torunn Sinclair, a spokeswoman from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), said, \u201cDemocrats have a full-blown retirement crisis on their hand because voters are rejecting their agenda of higher prices, higher crime, and open borders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This gives Republicans a chance to gain more seats as strong Republican candidates are already running in the majority \u2014 if not all \u2014 of the 20 districts. The&nbsp;remaining&nbsp;vulnerable Democrats will also have to face&nbsp;tough reelection battles across the county, and tough competitors. In most cases, they may have to&nbsp;campaign in new areas their district did not encompass before as&nbsp;redistricting maps are being approved.<\/p>\n<p>Lowenthal joined the 11&nbsp;Democrats who already announced they are retiring from public office after the current term, which expires in January 2023:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\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 after his current term 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), 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<li>House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chair Rep.&nbsp;Peter DeFazio (D-OR) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/01\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-house-transportation-chair-peter-defazio-will-retire\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;that he would not seek reelection at the beginning of December<span class=\"rollover-people\">.<\/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 said 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 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 in his now-competitive congressional district, which Republican opponents have long sought to win.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are&nbsp;rumors of more Democrats abandoning ship in the coming weeks and months leading up to the midterms, as more redistricting maps are accepted and deadlines to file for reelection are getting closer. Some&nbsp;Democrat members to watch out for in the upcoming election are&nbsp;Rep. Stephanie Murphy (FL),&nbsp;Rep. Cindy Axne (IA),&nbsp;Rep.&nbsp;Abigail Spanberger (VA), and Rep.&nbsp;Elaine Luria (VA).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Murphy, who is still looking into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/12\/06\/florida-democrat-stephanie-murphy-unsure-she-will-run-reelection-we-still-taking-look\/\">running<\/a>, could have her district \u201cessentially deleted\u201d if one of the maps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/29\/florida-redistricting-map-shows-stephanie-murphy-seat-deleted-republicans-gain\/\">proposed<\/a> in the redistricting is voted on and accepted.<\/li>\n<li>Axne is the lone congressional Democrat left in her state, and Republicans are looking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/23\/nrcc-expands-list-of-targeted-democrats-releases-campaign-ads\/\">unseat<\/a> her in the next election. Recently, her opposition&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/02\/democrat-cindy-axne-calls-on-pelosi-to-address-inflation-after-claiming-there-was-no-problem\/\">criticized<\/a> her cozying up to the so-called squad members.<\/li>\n<li>Spanberger and&nbsp;Luria are congressional members of two districts that could be Republican gains in 2022 after the two areas were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/03\/republican-glenn-youngkin-won-in-two-democrat-controlled-u-s-house-districts-in-virginia\/\">won handily<\/a> by Republican Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin last month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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, but a recent report from CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/12\/13\/cnn-nancy-pelosi-will-run-reelection\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;she is planning to file for reelection in the&nbsp;San Francisco-based district next year. Pelosi \u201cisn\u2019t ruling out the possibility of trying to stay in leadership after 2022,\u201d one source told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,&nbsp;House Judiciary <span class=\"rollover-people\">Committee&nbsp;<\/span>Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY), a&nbsp;close confidant to Pelosi,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/03\/jerry-nadler-says-he-will-absolutely-be-running-in-2022\/\">disputed<\/a> the&nbsp;growing reports and speculation of him retiring, calling them \u201ccrap\u201d and committing to&nbsp;\u201cabsolutely\u201d running.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News has extensively reported on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/12\/01\/19-democrats-leave-house-2022-three-committee-chairs\/\">Pelosi\u2019s majority crumbling<\/a>&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>Congressional Leadership Fund&nbsp;Communications Director&nbsp;Calvin Moore told Breitbart News last month that the \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 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>As the twentieth Democrat announced an exit from the House of Representatives after the midterms, the party\u2019s chances of maintaining the majority have declined, as the Republicans only need to &#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-1126727","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\/1126727","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=1126727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126727\/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=1126727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1126727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1126727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}