{"id":1134095,"date":"2021-12-20T13:04:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T18:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134095"},"modified":"2021-12-20T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T18:04:58","slug":"pelosis-majority-crumbles-longtime-new-jersey-democrat-albio-sires-will-not-seek-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-longtime-new-jersey-democrat-albio-sires-will-not-seek-reelection\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi\u2019s Majority Crumbles: Longtime New Jersey Democrat Albio Sires Will Not Seek Reelection"},"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\">26<\/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-longtime-new-jersey-democrat-albio-sires-will-not-seek-reelection%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=1134095&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\">New Jersey Rep.&nbsp;Albio Sires (D-NJ) will not seek reelection in 2022 and will retire after his current term in the House is complete, becoming the twenty-first Democrat to announce an exit from the House of Representatives, <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyglobe.com\/campaigns\/sires-wont-seek-re-election-to-congress-u-s-senators-son-emerges-as-likely-successor\/\">according<\/a> to the New Jersey Globe.<\/p>\n<p>The 70-year-old retiree is said to be making a formal announcement before the end of the year but confirmed on Sunday night to the&nbsp;New Jersey Globe he will not seek reelection. Sires\u2019 retirement <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyglobe.com\/redistricing\/both-parties-submit-best-and-final-map-to-wallace-will-adjourn-congressional-redistricting-meetings-until-monday\/\">comes<\/a> as the&nbsp;state\u2019s Legislative Redistricting Commission considers new maps, but the open seat would reportedly not affect the maps.<\/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>Before becoming a member of Congress in 2006, Sires <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getnj.com\/onlygameintown\/albiosiresataglance.shtml\">switched<\/a> his party affiliation three times.&nbsp;He started as a Democrat and switched to the&nbsp;<span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Republican party in 1985 before he initially ran for Congress in 1986. In 1994, he left the Republican party to be a&nbsp;registered independent, then rejoined the Democrat party in 1998.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">While the Democrat\u2019s&nbsp;district is solid blue, having received 74 percent of the vote in 2020 and voting for&nbsp;President&nbsp;Joe Biden with roughly the same margin \u2014&nbsp;73 percent to 26 percent \u2014&nbsp;Sires\u2019&nbsp;retirement does not&nbsp;help&nbsp;House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) chances in the midterm elections. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Losing&nbsp;Sires, a close <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/represent\/members\/P000197-nancy-pelosi\/compare-votes\/S001165-albio-sires\/116\">confidant<\/a> to Pelosi who voted with her 100 percent of the time to help pass partisan agenda items, casts more doubt on her ability&nbsp;to maintain the majority in a newly elected congress.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.3333333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Number 21.<\/p>\n<p>No one wants to run as a Democrat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H40HWrv6Xs\">https:\/\/t.co\/H40HWrv6Xs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael McAdams (@M_McAdams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_McAdams\/status\/1472792133807624193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some of those partisan votes include the $1.2 trillion, 2,702-page&nbsp;so-called&nbsp;bipartisan infrastructure bill earlier this year&nbsp;\u2014 which Biden already signed into law \u2014 and the&nbsp;$1.75 trillion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/19\/house-passes-behemoth-build-back-better-act\/\">Build Back Better Act<\/a>&nbsp;(BBB) \u2014 also&nbsp;known as the Democrats\u2019 reconciliation infrastructure bill.<\/p>\n<p>However, while&nbsp;the&nbsp;BBB was considered to be the \u201cmarquee legislation\u201d to Biden\u2019s legislation agenda and would&nbsp;ultimately&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/12\/bidens-build-back-better-will-raise-taxes-on-30-of-middle-class-families\/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=NYPTwitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">increase<\/a> taxes on the middle class, expand and prolong the effects of inflation, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/18\/cbo-build-back-better-act-adds-750-billion-to-deficit-over-five-years\/\">add<\/a> hundreds of billions of dollars to the U.S. deficit, it was&nbsp;effectively killed by&nbsp;Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). The senator on <em>Fox News Sunday&nbsp;<\/em>this past weekend&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/19\/joe-manchin-to-oppose-4-91-trillion-build-back-better-act-effectively-killing-bill\/\">said<\/a>, \u201cI cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation \u2026 I can\u2019t get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sires becomes the twenty-first Democrat to announce retirement, as other older or more vulnerable Democrats have also announced they would leave their current seats. He is only the thirteenth Democrat to announce actual retirement from the public eye&nbsp;\u2014 including three committee chairs&nbsp;\u2014 while eight more Democrats announced they would run for a different office, either in a local or state election.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News has extensively reported on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/12\/16\/20-democrats-will-not-seek-reelection-in-house-4x-number-gop-needs-to-win-back-majority\/\">Pelosi\u2019s majority crumbling<\/a>&nbsp;in the past and the Democrats\u2019 struggles to&nbsp;keep members in the House and find new candidates to run for office.&nbsp;There have also been 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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18970338\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18970338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/speaker-nancy-pelosi-fist-november-2021-gettyimages.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks to reporters during her weekly news conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on November 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Democratic leaders in the House are waiting on the final Congressional Budget Office cost estimate for President Joe Biden&#039;s Build Back Better before scheduling a vote on the $1.75 trillion social benefits and climate legislation this week. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 NOVEMBER 18: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks to reporters during her weekly news conference. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\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>\u201cDemocrats have a full-blown retirement crisis on their hands and it\u2019s only getting worse by the day,\u201d said Congressional Leadership Fund Communications Director Calvin Moore. \u201cDemocrats are refusing to run again because they know their record of higher crime and soaring inflation will cost them their majority.\u201d<\/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>New Jersey Rep.\u00a0Albio Sires (D-NJ) will not seek reelection in 2022 and will retire after his current term in the House is complete, becoming the twenty-first Democrat to announce an &#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-1134095","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\/1134095","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=1134095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134095\/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=1134095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}