{"id":1941342,"date":"2023-05-31T15:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-republican-chris-stewart-announces-resignation-from-congress-citing-wifes-health\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:40:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:40:51","slug":"utah-republican-chris-stewart-announces-resignation-from-congress-citing-wifes-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-republican-chris-stewart-announces-resignation-from-congress-citing-wifes-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Stewart, a Utah Republican, resigns from Congress due to his wife&#8217;s health."},"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%2Futah-republican-chris-stewart-announces-resignation-from-congress-citing-wifes-health%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=1941342&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--><h2>Rep. Chris Stewart to Resign from Congress Due to Wife&#8217;s Health Concerns<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;My wife and I have made so many dear friends and memories throughout our journey,&#8221; said Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) in a statement Wednesday. &#8220;I can say with pride that I have been an effective leader for my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-u-s-senate-majority-leader-harry-reid-dies-at-82\/\" title=\"Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Dies at 82\">beloved home state<\/a>, and I&#8217;m honored to have played an important role in guiding our nation through some troubled times.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Stewart, who has served in the lower chamber since 2013, announced that he will resign from Congress due to his wife Evie&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-10-best-jim-acosta-moments\/\" title=\"Top 10 'Best' Jim Acosta Moments\">health concerns<\/a>. Although he did not provide details about her condition or a specific date for his resignation, he emphasized the importance of an orderly transition.<\/p>\n<h3>Speaker Kevin McCarthy Praises Stewart&#8217;s Service<\/h3>\n<p>Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) praised Stewart&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/repulsive-illinois-nevertrumper-adam-kinzinger-continues-to-attack-president-trump-while-claiming-his-military-service-allows-him-to-act-as-insubordinate\/\" title=\"Repulsive Illinois #NeverTrumper Adam Kinzinger Continues to Attack President Trump While Claiming His Military Service Allows Him To Act as Insubordinate\">military service<\/a> as an Air Force pilot and career as an author, highlighting his character and dedication to his wife.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This is the character of who he is. It&#8217;s because of his wife and taking care of his wife,&#8221; McCarthy said of the congressman on Fox News. &#8220;This is a man that &#8230; [has] a servant&#8217;s heart. And you know what, it&#8217;s the decision everybody should make.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Stewart holds positions on the House Appropriations Committee and House Intelligence Committee. His seat is generally regarded as safely Republican, and McCarthy expressed confidence that the GOP would hold the seat.<\/p>\n<h3>Special Election to be Held for Stewart&#8217;s Seat<\/h3>\n<p>Under Utah law, the governor is responsible for calling a special election after Stewart&#8217;s resignation. A primary must then take place more than 90 days later, followed by a general election at least 90 days after that.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart&#8217;s resignation comes at a critical time for the GOP, as they scramble to pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-to-raise-debt-ceiling-by-2-5-trillion-with-funding-to-reach-past-2022-midterms\/\" title=\"Democrats to Raise Debt Ceiling by .5 Trillion\u00a0with Funding to Reach Past 2022 Midterms\">debt limit bill<\/a> before the June 5 deadline to avoid default. With a threadbare 222-213 majority in the House, every seat counts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay tuned for updates on this developing story.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>decided to resign from Congress due to my wife&#8217;s health concerns. This will further reduce the GOP&#8217;s slim House majority. We have cherished our time here and made many friends,&#8221; said Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1941343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4270,4402,4964,3911,4975,4453,5764,13092],"class_list":["post-1941342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-chris","tag-congress","tag-health","tag-republican","tag-resigns","tag-stewart","tag-utah","tag-wifes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941342","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}