{"id":1137157,"date":"2021-12-21T10:19:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1137157"},"modified":"2021-12-21T10:19:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T15:19:20","slug":"following-redistricting-long-time-california-rep-lucille-roybal-allard-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/following-redistricting-long-time-california-rep-lucille-roybal-allard-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Following Redistricting, Long-Time California Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Ffollowing-redistricting-long-time-california-rep-lucille-roybal-allard-announces-retirement%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=1137157&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><\/div>\n<p>Democratic California Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard will not seek reelection to a sixteenth term in Congress, she announced Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">After thirty years in the House of Representatives, the time has come for me to spend more time with my family. Therefore, I have decided not to seek reelection<\/span>,\u201d she tweeted. Roybal-Allard was the third House Democrat to retire from Congress on Monday, along with New Jersey Rep. Albio <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/albio-sires-confirms-retirement-new-jersey\/\">Sires<\/a> and Florida Rep. Stephanie <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/stephany-murphy-reelection-2022-retirement-democrat\/\">Murphy<\/a>. She is the 23rd House Democrat to retire ahead of the 2022 midterms, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/pressgallery.house.gov\/member-data\/casualty-list\">36th<\/a> member of the lower chamber overall.<\/p>\n<p>Roybal-Allard is the fifth California representative to retire ahead of the midterms, joining fellow Democrats Alan <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/16\/california-democratic-rep-alan-lowenthal-announces-retirement\/\">Lowenthal<\/a>, Karen <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/27\/karen-bass-bid-los-angeles-mayor\/\">Bass<\/a>, and Jackie <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/16\/longtime-democratic-california-rep-jackie-speier-announces-retirement\/\">Speier<\/a>, and Republican Devin Nunes. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/06\/california-rep-devin-nunes-retires-trump-new-media-outlet\/\">(RELATED: California Rep. Devin Nunes Announces Retirement, Plans To Join Trump\u2019s New Media Outlet)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.047413793103\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After thirty years in the House of Representatives, the time has come for me to spend more time with my family.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, I have decided not to seek reelection.2\/3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (@RepRoybalAllard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRoybalAllard\/status\/1473086531766206474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Roybal-Allard announced her retirement shortly after California\u2019s Citizen Redistricting Commission finalized the state\u2019s new congressional district map. In the new map, Roybal-Allard\u2019s 40th District is merged with Lowenthal\u2019s 47th District. California <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/26\/california-loses-congressional-seat-first-time\/\">lost<\/a> a seat following the 2020 census, the first time in state history that it had done so.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2021\/12\/17\/long-beach-mayor-robert-garcia-to-run-for-retiring-lowenthals-seat-1400401\">declared<\/a> his candidacy for the new seat Friday, the day after Lowenthal announced his retirement, and is currently running unopposed. The new seat is expected to remain in Democratic hands following the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s new electoral map will benefit the state\u2019s 42 Democratic representatives, all of whom receive districts that supported Joe Biden by more than ten points in the 2020 presidential election, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Redistrict\/status\/1473161359428829185\">according<\/a> to Cook Political Report editor Dave Wasserman. In addition, five of the state\u2019s eleven Republican districts will become more blue, with Rep. Michelle Steel\u2019s new district becoming eight points more Democratic, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/redistricting-2022-maps\/california\/\">according<\/a> to FiveThirtyEight. Democratic Rep. Katie Porter\u2019s new district will become ten points more Republican.<\/p>\n<p>A staunch ally of Speaker Nancy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/122021-3\">Pelosi<\/a>, Roybal-Allard\u2019s retirement will open up a seat on the House Appropriations Committee. An advocate for various iterations of the DREAM Act, she introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/18\/house-passes-immigration-bills-border-crisis-intensifies\/?_page=31&amp;filter_by=random_posts&amp;jwsource=cl&amp;ref=hexometer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pieces<\/a> of legislation across several congressional <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/06\/05\/seven-house-republicans-voted-amnesty-american-dream-promise-act\/\">sessions<\/a> that would provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. She also staunchly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/07\/27\/house-votes-to-fund-border-wall\/\">opposed<\/a> former President Donald Trump\u2019s proposed border wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic California Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard will not seek reelection to a sixteenth term in Congress, she announced Monday night.\u201cAfter thirty years in the House of Representatives, the time has come &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"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-1137157","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\/1137157","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\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1137157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137157\/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=1137157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1137157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1137157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}