{"id":2531277,"date":"2026-01-08T04:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steny-hoyer-will-not-seek-reelection-to-congress-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T04:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:50:01","slug":"steny-hoyer-will-not-seek-reelection-to-congress-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steny-hoyer-will-not-seek-reelection-to-congress-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Steny Hoyer will not seek reelection to Congress in 2026"},"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%2Fsteny-hoyer-will-not-seek-reelection-to-congress-in-2026%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=2531277&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. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), 86, announced he will retire from Congress and will not seek reelection in 2026 after more than 44 years in office. Frist elected in 1981, Hoyer served two stints as house Majority Leader (2007-2011 and 2019-2023) during Nancy pelosi&#8217;s speakership. He said he did not want to overstay his effectiveness and plans to deliver a speech on the House floor to make his announcement official. only two current members &#8211; Reps. Hal Rogers and Chris Smith &#8211; have longer continuous service. Hoyer joins other long-serving Democrats, including nancy Pelosi and jerry Nadler, in opting not to run again.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Steny Hoyer will not seek reelection to Congress in 2026<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2466123\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/steny-hoyer\/\">Steny Hoyer<\/a> (D-MD) is calling it a career.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrat<\/a> announced he will not seek reelection in 2026 and will retire from Congress. He is 86 years old and first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-man-trying-to-shake-up-yales-secretive-governing-body\/\" title=\"Meet the Man Trying to Shake Up Yale\u2019s Secretive Governing Body\">won election<\/a> to Congress in 1981, replacing Rep. Gladys Spellman, who had fallen into a coma before the 1980 election and never regained consciousness. Serving over 44 years in Congress, Hoyer has served as House Majority Leader on two separate occasions: from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023, both times while Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-pelosi\/\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> was Speaker of the House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4410450\/four-takeaways-house-oversight-minnesota-fraud-hearing\/\">Four takeaways from House Oversight&rsquo;s heated Minnesota fraud hearing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4410692\/washington-democrats-mid-decade-redraw-congressional-maps\/\">WA Democrats push for mid-decade redraw of congressional maps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4409882\/desantis-calls-april-redistricting-special-session\/\">DeSantis calls April redistricting special session<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Only two active congressional representatives have served in Congress longer: Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) and Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), both of whom also began their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faux-fact-checkers-cover-for-democrat-partys-sordid-history-with-the-ku-klux-klan\/\" title=\"Faux-Fact Checkers Cover for Democrat Party\u2019s Sordid History With the Ku Klux Klan\">congressional careers<\/a> in 1981.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hoyer spoke about potentially retiring earlier this year, telling the media that he didn&rsquo;t want to stay in his position to the point where he was no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-democratic-virginia-gov-rips-terry-mcauliffe-for-standing-alongside-politicians-involved-in-blackface-scandals\/\" title=\"Former Democratic Virginia Gov. Rips Terry McAuliffe For Standing Alongside Politicians Involved In Blackface Scandals\">longer effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I did not want to be one of those members who clearly stayed, outstayed his or her ability to do the job,&rdquo; Hoyer previously <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/01\/08\/steny-hoyer-congress-maryland-retirement-career-lawmaker\/88075918007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4040585\/where-house-retirements-stand-end-2025\/\"><strong>HERE&rsquo;S WHERE HOUSE RETIREMENTS STAND AS CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT ON 2025<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hoyer posted a message on his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social media accounts stating<\/a> that he will deliver a speech on the House floor tomorrow at 10 a.m. It is expected he will officially announce he is not seeking reelection at that time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hoyer joins other longtime congressional Democrats, such as Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), in not seeking reelection in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steny Hoyer, 86, won&#8217;t seek reelection in 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2531278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2165e8ce41b7e7f1c88e97e740c3f1dc.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45496,52689,7620,38072,38710],"class_list":["post-2531277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2026-election","tag-maryland-politics","tag-retirement","tag-steny-hoyer","tag-u-s-congress"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2165e8ce41b7e7f1c88e97e740c3f1dc.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531277","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531277"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531281,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531277\/revisions\/2531281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2531278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}