{"id":1166895,"date":"2021-12-28T20:49:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T01:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1166895"},"modified":"2021-12-28T20:49:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T01:49:30","slug":"house-democrats-flock-to-the-exits-leading-into-election-year-potentially-more-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-flock-to-the-exits-leading-into-election-year-potentially-more-on-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats Flock to the Exits Leading into Election Year \u2014 Potentially More on the Way"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fhouse-democrats-flock-to-the-exits-leading-into-election-year-potentially-more-on-the-way%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=1166895&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\/AP21349660042140-e1640724678516-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Heading into the midterm election year \u2014 typically seen as a referendum on the president\u2019s political party \u2014 House Democrats are flocking towards the exits instead of protecting their wafer-thin majority with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).<\/p>\n<p>With the midterms less than a year away, 23 House Democrats have already announced they will not be running for reelection to retire from the public eye for wanting to be with family, focus on health, or say it is time to move on, while some Democrats are also looking to run for&nbsp;a different office, such as the U.S. Senate.<\/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>However, those reasons do not include redistricting, which has potentially influenced members\u2019 decisions, such as Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL). Murphy said she is not running for reelection but claimed reasons other than&nbsp;redistricting even though her seat would essentially be torn in two and absorbed by other districts if the current proposed map passed the state\u2019s legislature. All of this came after&nbsp;she was snubbed out of running for the Senate by Florida congressional colleague Rep. Val Demings (D-FL).<\/p>\n<p>The 15 Democrats that have announced they are retiring from public office after the current term, which expires in January 2023:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reps.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/03\/22\/vulnerable-border-state-house-democrats-abandon-ship-two-announce-retirements\/\">Filemon Vela<\/a> (D-TX) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/03\/22\/vulnerable-border-state-house-democrats-abandon-ship-two-announce-retirements\/\">Ann Kirkpatrick<\/a> (D-AZ)&nbsp;announced&nbsp;their retirements in March.<\/li>\n<li>Former&nbsp;Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chairwoman&nbsp;Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/04\/30\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-cheri-bustos-announces-retirement\/\">Cheri Bustos<\/a> (D-IL)&nbsp;announced she would not seek reelection in April.<\/li>\n<li>Scandal-ridden Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/10\/unhappy-ending-wisconsin-democrat-ron-kind-announces-retirement\/\">Ron Kind<\/a> (D-WI)&nbsp;announced he would retire after his current term in August.<\/li>\n<li>House Budget Committee Chairman&nbsp;Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/10\/12\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-rep-john-yarmuth-announces-retirement\/\">John Yarmuth<\/a> (D-KY), along with longtime Reps. <span class=\"rollover-people\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/10\/18\/pelosi-majority-house-democrats-retirement\/\">David Price<\/a> (D-NC) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/10\/18\/pelosi-majority-house-democrats-retirement\/\">Mike Doyle<\/a>&nbsp;(D-PA) announced that they would not be seeking&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"rollover-people\">reelection in October.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"rollover-people\">Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/16\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-jackie-speier-will-not-seek-reelection\/\">Jackie Speier<\/a> (D-CA),&nbsp;longtime Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/17\/pelosis-majority-rep-g-k-butterfield-retire\/\">G.K. Butterfield<\/a> (D-NC), and&nbsp;House&nbsp;Science, Space, and Technology Committee&nbsp;Chairwoman Rep.&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"rollover-people\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/20\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-rep-eddie-bernice-johnson-officially-announces-retirement\/\">Eddie Bernice Johnson<\/a> (D-TX),&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"rollover-people\">they would not seek reelection in November.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/01\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-house-transportation-chair-peter-defazio-will-retire\/\">Peter DeFazio<\/a> (D-OR), along with&nbsp;Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/16\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-california-democrat-rep-alan-lowenthal-not-seek-reelection-2022\/\">Alan Lowenthal<\/a> (D-CA), Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/20\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-longtime-new-jersey-democrat-albio-sires-will-not-seek-reelection\/\">Albio Sires<\/a> (D-NJ), Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/20\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-vulnerable-florida-democrat-stephanie-murphy-will-not-run-for-reelection-in-2022\/\">Murphy<\/a>, and Chairwoman of the House Appropriations subcommittee&nbsp;overseeing immigration issues, Rep. <span class=\"rollover-people\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/20\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-three-democrats-announce-retirement-within-24-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Lucille Roybal-Allard<\/a> (D-CA), all&nbsp;<\/span>announced they would not seek reelection after their current term in December.<\/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<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\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. Demings&nbsp;<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 than his current one. 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 his now-competitive congressional district, which Republican opponents have long sought to win.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, House Democrats have also continuously seen low poll numbers in the generic, hypothetical election polls across the county, which could be seen as a result of passing partisan&nbsp;agenda items.&nbsp;Numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/21\/poll-voters-favor-republicans-to-control-senate-house-in-2022\/\">polls<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/12\/18\/poll-republicans-show-six-point-lead-over-democrats-in-2022-generic-ballot\/\">shown<\/a> Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/24\/poll-republicans-leads-democrats-in-generic-congressional-ballot-heading-into-2022\/\">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> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/10\/27\/new-hampshire-poll-generic-republican-leads-one-congressional-district-virtual-tie-democrat-other\/\">ballot<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/03\/poll-republicans-lead-democrats-in-generic-congressional-race\/\">leading up<\/a>&nbsp;to the election when respondents say who they would elect to represent them, as&nbsp;Democrats continue to pass partisan agenda items, such as the infrastructure package and the reconciliation bill. One generic poll from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/11\/07\/realclearpolitics-republicans-lead-generic-ballot-first-time-since-2014\/\">RealClearPolitics<\/a>&nbsp;and another poll from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/05\/quinnipiac-poll-republicans-lead-democrats-in-generic-ballot-for-midterms-for-first-time-since-2014\/\">Quinnipiac University<\/a>&nbsp;showed Republicans leading for the first time since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those&nbsp;partisan&nbsp;agenda items are the&nbsp;$1.2 trillion, 2,702-page&nbsp;so-called&nbsp;bipartisan infrastructure bill earlier this year&nbsp;\u2014 which&nbsp;President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. already signed into law 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). However, while the&nbsp;BBB was considered&nbsp;to be the \u201cmarquee legislation\u201d of Biden\u2019s agenda and would have 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\">increased<\/a> taxes on the middle class, expanded and prolonged 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\/\">added<\/a> hundreds of billions of dollars to the U.S. deficit, it was&nbsp;effectively killed by&nbsp;Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), when he admitted on national television he would not be able to support the passage of the behemoth bill.<\/p>\n<p>All of this&nbsp;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 plus districts where a Democrat has announced they would not be seeking reelection. Even though some of the districts are favored towards the Democrats, many of the now open seats or the remaining Democrats would be in&nbsp;tough reelection battles across the county.&nbsp;In most cases, they may have to&nbsp;campaign in new areas where their district did not encompass before the redistricting maps were approved in their prospective states.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless,&nbsp;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.&nbsp;Tom O\u2019Halleran (D-AZ), Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA),&nbsp;Rep.&nbsp;Abigail Spanberger (VA), and Rep.&nbsp;Elaine Luria (VA):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>O\u2019Halleran could face trouble in his reelection battle after&nbsp;Arizona\u2019s new congressional map was&nbsp;unanimously adopted favors a Republican candidate or a Democrat.<\/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 for 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\/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, 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><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>Heading into the midterm election year \u2014 typically seen as a referendum on the president\u2019s political party \u2014 House Democrats are flocking towards the exits instead of protecting their wafer-thin &#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-1166895","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\/1166895","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=1166895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166895\/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=1166895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}