{"id":1216499,"date":"2022-01-14T13:19:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216499"},"modified":"2022-01-14T13:19:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:19:30","slug":"republican-who-backed-trumps-impeachment-supported-infrastructure-bill-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-who-backed-trumps-impeachment-supported-infrastructure-bill-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Who Backed Trump\u2019s Impeachment, Supported Infrastructure Bill Announces Retirement"},"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\">20<\/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%2Frepublican-who-backed-trumps-impeachment-supported-infrastructure-bill-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=1216499&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>Republican New York Rep. John Katko will not run for re-election in 2022, he announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Katko, who has represented a moderately blue district centered on Syracuse since 2015, was one of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/13\/10-republicans-voted-impeach-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10&nbsp;Republicans<\/a> who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump in January 2021, and one of 13 Republicans to support the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. His district is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/03\/nyregion\/new-york-redistricting-gerrymandering.html\">expected<\/a> to become more heavily-Democratic after the state legislature completes redistricting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been blessed beyond belief with family, health, and the most loving and patient wife on earth,\u201d Katko said in a statement. \u201cThat\u2019s why, after 32 years of public service, I have decided not to seek re-election to Congress, so that I can enjoy my family and life in a fuller and more present way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with profound gratitude for my colleagues, staff, supporters, team, and the people of New York\u2019s 24th Congressional District that I am thrilled to begin this next and best chapter of my life alongside Robin and our family,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Republican Rep. John Katko, who backed former President Trump\u2019s impeachment a year ago, will not seek re-election. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vrfbtOobgL\">pic.twitter.com\/vrfbtOobgL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickReisman\/status\/1482030375404806147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Katko\u2019s allies had expressed optimism that he could beat back primary challenges from a pair of first-time candidates, and maintain his hold on a seat that supported Joe Biden by nine points in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s going to be a tough out in a primary,\u201d Onondaga County executive Ryan McMahon recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2022\/01\/06\/john-katko-trump-impeachment-profile-526509\">told<\/a> Politico. \u201cAnd he\u2019s a harder out in a [sic] general.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A former state and federal prosecutor, Katko is the ranking member on the House Homeland Security Committee, where he has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/01\/john-katko-henry-cuellar-southern-border-department-of-homeland-security\/\">focused<\/a> on border security <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/15\/john-katko-biden-border-policies-migrants-coyotes-trafficking-the-big-winners\/\">issues<\/a>. He is also a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, of the Republican Governance <a href=\"https:\/\/republicangovernance.com\/\">Caucus<\/a>, formerly the Tuesday Group. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/29\/house-republicans-biden-policy-border-wall\/\">(RELATED: House Republicans Unveil Bill To Finish Border Wall, Hire More Officers In Response To Biden\u2019s \u2018Destructive\u2019 Policies)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Katko is the 39th member of the House of Representatives to <a href=\"https:\/\/pressgallery.house.gov\/member-data\/casualty-list\">decline<\/a> to run for re-election ahead of 2022, and the 13th Republican.&nbsp;He is also the third Republican who voted to impeach Trump to retire, joining Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger and Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, and the fourth member of New York\u2019s House delegation to retire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican New York Rep. John Katko will not run for re-election in 2022, he announced Friday.Katko, who has represented a moderately blue district centered on Syracuse since 2015, was one &#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-1216499","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\/1216499","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=1216499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216499\/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=1216499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}