CA-33 |
Diane Watson |
Dem |
D+35 |
Yes |
Could easily be reelected but at 76 she's had enough |
FL-17 |
Kendrick Meek |
Dem |
D+34 |
Yes |
Running for Mel Martinez' open Senate seat |
MI-13 |
Carolyn Kilpatrick |
Dem |
D+31 |
Yes |
Kilpatrick was defeated in the primary |
CA-32 |
Hilda Solis |
Dem |
D+29 |
No |
Resigned to become Sec. of Labor |
IL-05 |
Rahm Emanuel |
Dem |
D+19 |
No |
Resigned to become WH Chief of Staff |
AL-07 |
Artur Davis |
Dem |
D+18 |
Yes |
Ran for governor |
FL-19 |
Robert Wexler |
Dem |
D+15 |
No |
Joined a nonprofit organization in January 2012 |
RI-01 |
Patrick Kennedy |
Dem |
D+13 |
Yes |
Wants to do something else with his life |
HI-01 |
Neil Abercrombie |
Dem |
D+11 |
Yes |
Running for governor |
CA-10 |
Ellen Tauscher |
Dem |
D+11 |
No |
Appointed Undersecretary of State |
DE-AL |
Mike Castle |
GOP |
D+7 |
Yes |
Running for the Senate |
IL-10 |
Mark Kirk |
GOP |
D+6 |
Yes |
Running for Roland Burris' open Senate seat |
MA-10 |
William Delahunt |
Dem |
D+5 |
Yes |
Forty years in Congress is enough |
WI-07 |
David Obey |
Dem |
D+3 |
Yes |
No obvious reason |
PA-07 |
Joe Sestak |
Dem |
D+3 |
Yes |
Running for senator |
NH-02 |
Paul Hodes |
Dem |
D+0 |
Yes |
Running for Judd Gregg's open Senate seat |
WA-03 |
Brian Baird |
Dem |
D+0 |
Yes |
Apparently just bored; he's young and popular |
NY-23 |
John McHugh |
Dem |
R+1 |
No |
Appointed Secretary of the Army |
PA-12 |
John Murtha |
Dem |
R+1 |
No |
Murtha died; there will be a special election this Spring |
NY-20 |
Kirsten Gillibrand |
Dem |
R+2 |
No |
Appointed to Hillary Clinton's Senate seat |
KS-03 |
Dennis Moore |
Dem |
R+3 |
Yes |
No apparent reason; he wasn't even a big target |
MI-01 |
Bart Stupak |
Dem |
R+3 |
Yes |
Everyone beat on him during HCR |
NY-29 |
Eric Massa |
Dem |
R+5 |
Yes |
Recurrence of his earlier cancer |
FL-21 |
Lincoln Diaz-Balart |
GOP |
R+5 |
Yes |
No reason given |
AR-02 |
Vic Snyder |
Dem |
R+5 |
Yes |
Polls looked bad and he has four young children |
FL-25 |
Mario Diaz-Balart |
GOP |
R+5 |
Yes |
Running for his brother's open seat in FL-21 |
TN-08 |
John Tanner |
Dem |
R+6 |
Yes |
At 65, he's had enough of politics |
MI-03 |
Vern Ehlers |
GOP |
R+6 |
Yes |
At 76 he didn't want to deal with a primary challenge |
FL-12 |
Adam Putnam |
GOP |
R+6 |
Yes |
Running for Agriculture Commissioner |
IN-08 |
Brad Ellsworth |
Dem |
R+8 |
Yes |
Running for Evan Bayh's open Senate seat |
AR-01 |
Marion Berry |
Dem |
R+8 |
Yes |
Probably afraid he might lose |
AZ-03 |
John Shadegg |
GOP |
R+9 |
Yes |
After 8 terms, he wants to move on |
WV-01 |
Alan Mollohan |
Dem |
R+9 |
Yes |
Mollohan was defeated in the primary |
CA-19 |
George Radanovich |
GOP |
R+9 |
Yes |
His wife has ovarian cancer |
FL-05 |
Ginny Brown-Waite |
GOP |
R+9 |
Yes |
She has serious health problems |
MI-02 |
Peter Hoekstra |
GOP |
R+9 |
Yes |
Ran for governor |
SC-01 |
Henry Brown |
GOP |
R+10 |
Yes |
He's 74 and tired of being in the minority |
LA-03 |
Charlie Melancon |
Dem |
R+12 |
Yes |
Running for the Senate against Vitter |
AL-05 |
Parker Griffith |
GOP |
R+12 |
Yes |
Was defeated in the primary |
TN-06 |
Bart Gordon |
Dem |
R+13 |
Yes |
At a young 60, he had decided he's had enough |
OK-05 |
Mary Fallin |
GOP |
R+13 |
Yes |
Running for governor |
TN-03 |
Zach Wamp |
GOP |
R+13 |
Yes |
Ran for governor |
IN-03 |
Mark Souder |
GOP |
R+14 |
Yes |
He had an affair with a staffer |
IN-04 |
Steve Buyer |
GOP |
R+14 |
Yes |
His wife has an incurable autoimmune disease |
KS-04 |
Todd Tiahrt |
GOP |
R+14 |
Yes |
Running for Sam Brownback's open Senate seat |
SC-04 |
Bob Inglis |
GOP |
R+12 |
Yes |
Inglis was defeated in the primary |
GA-07 |
John Linder |
GOP |
R+16 |
Yes |
At 67 he may just have had enough |
SC-03 |
Greshman Barrett |
GOP |
R+17 |
Yes |
Ran for governor |
AR-03 |
John Boozman |
GOP |
R+16 |
Yes |
Running for the Senate |
MO-07 |
Roy Blunt |
GOP |
R+17 |
Yes |
Running for the Kit Bond's open Senate seat |
KS-01 |
Jerry Moran |
GOP |
R+23 |
Yes |
Running for Sam Brownback's open Senate seat |
GA-09 |
Nathan Deal |
GOP |
R+28 |
Yes |
Running for governor |