{"id":2224427,"date":"2024-04-18T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-laturner-becomes-22nd-house-gop-member-to-not-run-for-reelection\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T16:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T20:00:23","slug":"jake-laturner-becomes-22nd-house-gop-member-to-not-run-for-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-laturner-becomes-22nd-house-gop-member-to-not-run-for-reelection\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake LaTurner joins 21 other House GOP members in opting out of reelection"},"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%2Fjake-laturner-becomes-22nd-house-gop-member-to-not-run-for-reelection%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=2224427&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--><p>Rep.\u2064 Jake LaTurner, a young GOP member from \u200cKansas, will not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-dem-senate-candidate-announces-support-for-medicare-for-all\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Dem Senate Candidate Announces Support for Medicare for All\">seek reelection<\/a> in 2024, adding to the wave of Republicans exiting Congress. LaTurner, \u2062aged \u200d36, \u200bdeclared his retirement, becoming the 22nd House Republican\u2064 to opt out. Unlike Rep. Mike Gallagher, LaTurner intends to complete \u200bhis term before stepping down from office. Your provided summary reads well and conveys the key information concisely. \u200dIt effectively captures Rep.\u2063 Jake LaTurner&#8217;s decision not\u2063 to seek reelection in 2024, his age, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-congressman-g-k-butterfield-latest-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">house<\/a>-democrat-to-retire-ahead-of-2022-midterms\/&#8221; title=&#8221;North Carolina Congressman G.K. Butterfield Latest House Democrat To Retire Ahead Of 2022 Midterms&#8221;>retirement announcement<\/a>, \u2062position \u200camong departing House \u200cRepublicans, and his intention to fulfill his term \u200cunlike\u200b Rep. Mike Gallagher.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-KS), one of the youngest <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Republicans<\/a>, is not running for reelection in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a>, joining the mass exodus of GOP members leaving <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a> after a tumultuous year on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>LaTurner, 36, announced his retirement from the House on Thursday. The Kansas congressman is the 22nd House Republican to decide against running for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>However, unlike his fellow GOP member Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-gallagher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Gallagher<\/a> (R-WI), 40, LaTurner said he plans to serve out the remainder of his term. Gallagher is set to retire early from Congress on Friday, however, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2969383\/gallagher-could-postpone-early-retirement-foreign-aid-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>may postpone<\/a> his resignation in order to attend a critical vote series on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-republicans-call-on-biden-administration-to-act-swiftly-on-ethiopia-crisis\/\" title=\"Congressional Republicans Call on Biden Administration to Act Swiftly on Ethiopia Crisis\">foreign aid<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, LaTurner called the current \u201cdysfunction\u201d on Capitol Hill \u201cdistressing, but it almost always has been; we just didn\u2019t see most of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has become fashionable for some to fear for the future of this country and act as though the problems we face and the divisions that exist are insurmountable, but that is just not true,\u201d LaTurner said.<\/p>\n<p>LaTurner\u2019s announcement comes during a chaotic week in the House, as the Republican conference fractures over Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2969225\/house-gop-releases-ukraine-israel-aid-plan-with-separate-bill-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"four-pronged foreign aid supplemental\">four-pronged foreign aid supplemental<\/a> and whether to move forward with a motion to vacate him from his position. A small coalition of House Freedom Caucus members and their allies have come out in staunch opposition to the procedural rule on the bills and the legislation itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the infighting that has plagued the conference for months, LaTurner said the \u201cvast majority\u201d of the people he has served with are \u201cgood and trying to do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaTurner is in his second term as a congressman after being elected to Kansas\u2019s traditionally conservative 2nd Congressional District. No Republican candidates have filed for the 2024 primary, which is on Aug. 6. Joseph Swain and Eli Woody IV are set to face each other for the Democratic nomination.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 36, Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-KS), among the youngest House Republicans, will not seek reelection in 2024, becoming the 22nd GOP member to exit amid Capitol Hill&#8217;s recent turbulence. 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