{"id":1421611,"date":"2022-04-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421611"},"modified":"2022-04-06T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T14:00:03","slug":"ohio-republican-bob-gibbs-announces-retirement-blames-redistricting-circus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-republican-bob-gibbs-announces-retirement-blames-redistricting-circus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Republican Bob Gibbs Announces Retirement, Blames Redistricting \u2018Circus\u2019"},"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\">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%2Fohio-republican-bob-gibbs-announces-retirement-blames-redistricting-circus%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=1421611&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 Ohio Rep. Bob Gibbs announced Wednesday that he would retire at the end of the current congressional session, citing the late approval of a congressional map that forced him into a primary challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs, who has served in Congress since 2011 and represented the state\u2019s 7th congressional District since 2013, is facing off against former White House aide Max Miller. Miller initially <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/26\/trump-primary-ohio-anthony-gonzalez-max-miller-voted-impeach\/\">declared<\/a> in the 16th District, but was moved into Gibbs\u2019 district by the state legislature. The Ohio Redistricting Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2022\/03\/02\/ohio-redistricting-commission-poised-pass-new-congressional-map\/6983335001\/\">approved<\/a> a final congressional map March 1, after the state Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/14\/ohio-supreme-court-republican-congressional-map\/\">threw<\/a> out a map it ruled unfairly benefited Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is irresponsible to effectively confirm the congressional map for this election cycle seven days before voting begins, especially in the Seventh Congressional District where almost 90 percent of the electorate is new and nearly two thirds is an area primarily from another district, foreign to any expectations or connection to the current Seventh District,\u201d Gibbs said in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Whoa Rep Bob Gibbs (R) announces he\u2019ll retire from his northeast Ohio congressional district<\/p>\n<p>He notes 90% of the electorate in his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OH07?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OH07<\/a> is new to him. Early voting has already starting in Ohio\u2026 Gibbs would have faced the Trump-backed Max Miller in a primary <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vHwiqfsnH0\">pic.twitter.com\/vHwiqfsnH0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ally Mutnick (@allymutnick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allymutnick\/status\/1511692537421049863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis circus has provided me with the opportunity to assess my future. To that end, after considerable deliberation, I have decided not to seek re-election this year,\u201d he added, describing the redistricting process as \u201cdetrimental to the people of Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank family, friends, and supporters for their encouragement this election and the voters\u2019 confidence in me the previous six elections. It has truly been an honor to advocate for Ohioans in Congress. I am eternally grateful for the opportunity. Thank you to my family, especially my wife Jody, for putting up with the long drives, late dinners, and my weeks away from home. I will use this opportunity to spend more time with her, my children, and grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs is the 47th member of Congress to <a href=\"https:\/\/pressgallery.house.gov\/member-data\/casualty-list\">announce<\/a> retirement at the end of 2022, and the 17th Republican. He is the third member of Ohio\u2019s House delegation to retire, joining Democrat Tim <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/26\/democrat-tim-ryan-senate-campaign-ohio\/\">Ryan<\/a> and Republican Anthony Gonzalez. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/17\/anthony-gonzalez-retirement-ohio-donald-trump\/\">(RELATED: Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, Former NFL Player And Trump Critic, Announces His Retirement)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gibbs <a href=\"https:\/\/gibbs.house.gov\/about\/full-biography\">served<\/a> in the Ohio state legislature before entering Congress, in the state House from 2003-2008 and the state Senate from 2008-2010. He sat on the Ohio Farm Bureau\u2019s Board of Trustees from 1985-2001 and he operates a hog farm. Gibbs is currently the ranking member on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee\u2019s Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation subcommittee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Ohio Rep. 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