{"id":2197667,"date":"2024-03-12T16:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T20:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-buck-departing-dysfunctional-house-early-in-a-further-slip-of-johnsons-gop-majority\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T16:12:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T20:12:01","slug":"ken-buck-departing-dysfunctional-house-early-in-a-further-slip-of-johnsons-gop-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-buck-departing-dysfunctional-house-early-in-a-further-slip-of-johnsons-gop-majority\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Buck is leaving the &#8220;dysfunctional&#8221; House early, further weakening Johnson&#8217;s GOP majority"},"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%2Fken-buck-departing-dysfunctional-house-early-in-a-further-slip-of-johnsons-gop-majority%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=2197667&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. Ken Buck to Depart Congress, Further Narrowing House Republicans&#8217; Majority<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Ken Buck\u200c (R-CO) will be leaving Congress at the end of next week, adding to the wave \u2062of Republican incumbents who are preparing to depart at the end of \u2064this term. Buck made the surprising announcement on Tuesday, stating that he \u200dhad decided not to seek reelection in \u200d2024 and \u200cwill finish his \u200cterm as a congressman on March 22.<\/p>\n<p>In an\u200c interview with CNN, Buck revealed that he plans to leave \u2064Congress and work towards changing electoral rules. \u200cHe expressed the need for better candidates at all levels of government\u200d and emphasized the \u2063importance of finding ways to unite America.<\/p>\n<p>Buck&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-dems-coming-together-against-n-y-gov-andrew-cuomo\/\" title=\"GOP, Dems coming together against N.Y. Gov Andrew Cuomo\">early retirement<\/a> caught House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) off guard, who expressed his surprise and \u2063mentioned his intention to discuss\u200c the matter with Buck.<\/p>\n<p>With Buck&#8217;s departure, House Republicans&#8217; majority\u200b will be further reduced, leaving them with 218 seats compared to Democrats&#8217; 213. This slim \u2063majority means\u2064 that Republicans can only afford to lose two \u200cvotes when \u2063passing legislation along party lines.<\/p>\n<p>Buck&#8217;s\u2062 retirement\u2063 also triggers a \u200dspecial election in Colorado&#8217;s 4th Congressional District. All eyes are on\u200b Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) to see if she will enter the race. If she does, she risks her\u200d current congressional career,\u2064 but given the district&#8217;s red leaning, the Republican candidate who wins the special election will likely have\u2064 a strong chance of retaining the seat\u2062 in the November\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impossible-gop-picked-up-seats-in-house-picked-up-state-legislatures-picked-up-governorship-held-the-senate-but-sniffy-joe-won-not-a-chance\/\" title=\"IMPOSSIBLE: GOP Picked Up Seats in House, Picked Up State Legislatures, Picked Up Governorship, Held the Senate -- But Sniffy Joe Won?... NOT A CHANCE\">general election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether Boebert will run\u2062 in the special election or focus on the general election in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-legal-expert-constitutional-amendment-needed-for-dc-statehood\/\" title=\"Top Legal Expert: Constitutional Amendment Needed for DC Statehood\">current district<\/a>. The Washington Examiner has reached\u2064 out to Boebert&#8217;s office and campaign for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062Why \u2063did Rep. Ken Buck announce that\u200d he will be \u200bleaving\u200d Congress?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) has announced \u2064that\u2063 he will be leaving\u2062 Congress at \u200cthe end of \u2063next week, adding to the growing number of Republican incumbents who are choosing\u200b not to seek reelection. Buck made the\u2064 surprising announcement on \u2063Tuesday, stating\u200d that he will not\u2062 be \u200crunning for reelection in 2024 and will finish his current term as a congressman on March 22.<\/p>\n<p>In an\u2063 interview with CNN, Buck revealed that he plans to leave Congress in order to\u2062 work towards changing electoral rules. He expressed the need for better candidates \u2064at \u2064all levels\u200d of\u2064 government and emphasized the importance \u200cof \u2064finding ways \u200dto \u2063unite America.<\/p>\n<p>House \u200dSpeaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed his surprise at Buck&#8217;s early retirement and\u200c mentioned his intention to discuss the matter with\u2064 Buck. The departure of Buck from Congress will further reduce \u200dthe \u200bHouse\u200c Republicans&#8217; majority, leaving them with 218 seats compared to Democrats&#8217; 213. This slim majority \u2063means that Republicans can only afford to\u200c lose two votes when passing legislation along\u2064 party lines.<\/p>\n<p>Buck&#8217;s \u2062retirement \u200balso triggers a special election in Colorado&#8217;s 4th Congressional District. All eyes\u2064 are on Rep. \u2063Lauren Boebert (R-CO) to see if she will enter the race. If \u200dshe\u2064 does, she\u200c risks her current congressional career, but given the district&#8217;s red leaning, the Republican \u200bcandidate who wins the\u200c special \u200celection will likely have a strong\u200b chance\u200c of retaining the \u200bseat in the November\u200b general election.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether Boebert will run in the special election\u200c or focus on the general election in\u200c her current district. The Washington Examiner has\u200c reached out to Boebert&#8217;s office and campaign\u200b for \u200ccomment.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Rep. Ken Buck&#8217;s decision to \u200dleave Congress\u2063 further narrows\u200c the\u200b House Republicans&#8217; majority \u2063and \u200dsets the stage for a special election in Colorado&#8217;s 4th\u2062 Congressional \u200cDistrict. The \u200dpolitical landscape\u200d is shifting, \u2062and \u2063all eyes are\u200c on the upcoming elections \u2062to\u200d see how this \u200cwill impact the balance of power in the House \u200bof Representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) will leave Congress next week, further reducing House Republicans&#8217; majority. His departure adds to the growing number of Republican incumbents exiting at the end of this term. Buck announced his early retirement on Tuesday, stating his decision not to seek re-election was made last November<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2197668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24038034778885-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2197667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24038034778885-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197667","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2197667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2197668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2197667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2197667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2197667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}