Senate and House Retirements 2022

In every election cycle a certain number of senators and representatives retire or run for other offices leaving behind open seats for their parties to defend. Here are the number of retirements in recent years:

Senate
Year	Democrats	Republicans
2020	1	3
2018	0	4
2016	3	2
2014	5	3
2012	6	3
2010	5	6
2008	0	5
2006	2	1

House
Year	Democrats	Republicans
2020	12	36
2018	18	34
2016	8	20
2014	16	25
2012	23	20
2010	17	20
2008	6	27
2006	9	18

Here are the numbers so far for the 2022 election:

Chamber	Democrats	Republicans
Senate	1	5
House	33	19

Here is the list of senators who are retiring this cycle (sorted alphabetically by state):

Senator	Party	State	Reason for retirement
Roy Blunt	Republican	Missouri	He is a old-style dealmaker and there are no deals to be made any more
Richard Burr	Republican	North Carolina	He is compromised by an inside-trading scandal
Rob Portman	Republican	Ohio	He is a moderate who can't stand the dysfunctional Senate
Richard Shelby	Republican	Alabama	He will be 88 on Election Day 2022
Pat Toomey	Republican	Pennsylvania	He would probably lose if he ran
Pat Leahy	Democratic	Vermont	After a health scare, decided eight terms was enough

Here are the announced House retirements, sorted on PVI (Cook Partisan Voting Index) based on the 2020 districts.
In other words, it is based on the old districts, before reapportionment. The PVIs will change once new districts are drawn,
but all we have now are the old ones. Any seat between R+5 and D+5 is a swing district that has to be fought over,
even more so if occupied by the "wrong" party.

Representative	Party	District	PVI	Reason for retirement
Kevin Brady	Republican	TX-08	R+28	He hit the term limit for chairing the Ways and Means Committee
Louie Gohmert	Republican	TX-01	R+25	Running for Texas AG
Billy Long	Republican	MO-07	R+24	Running for the seat that Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) is vacating
Vicky Hartzler	Republican	MO-04	R+20	Running for the seat that Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) is vacating
Ted Budd	Republican	NC-13	R+20	Running for the seat that Sen. Richard Burr (R-MO) is vacating
Frederick Keller	Republican	PA-12	R+20	Pennsylvania is losing a seat, and he was odd man out
Mo Brooks	Republican	AL-05	R+17	Running for the seat that Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) is vacating
Jody Hice	Republican	GA-10	R+15	Running for Georgia Secretary of State
Trey Hollingsworth	Republican	IN-09	R+13	He is keeping his promise to serve only four terms
Bob Gibbs	Republican	OH-07	R+12	His rural district became somewhat competitive
Adam Kinzinger	Republican	IL-16	R+10	Republicans don't like Trump critics
Lee Zeldin	Republican	NY-01	R+8	Running for governor of New York
Anthony Gonzalez	Republican	OH-16	R+8	He voted to impeach Trump and is now in Trump's crosshairs
Devin Nunes	Republican	CA-22	R+6	Left to run Donald Trump's social media company
Tom Reed	Republican	NY-23	R+6	Got enmeshed in a #MeToo-type scandal
Van Taylor	Republican	TX-03	R+6	Adultery
Ron Kind	Democratic	WI-03	R+4	Tired of close elections, says he's "run out of gas"
Antonio Delgado	Democratic	NY-19	R+3	Agreed to become (temporary) lieutenant governor of New York
Conor Lamb	Democratic	PA-17	R+2	Running for the seat that Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) is vacating
Ann Kirkpatrick	Democratic	AZ-02	R+1	Her seat could be vulnerable after redistricting
Stephanie Murphy	Democratic	FL-07	EVEN	Probably due to the possibility of her district being made redder
Tim Ryan	Democratic	OH-13	D+1	Running for the seat that Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) is vacating
Charlie Crist	Democratic	FL-13	D+2	He is running for governor
Cheri Bustos	Democratic	IL-17	D+3	She badly botched her job as chair of the DCCC
John Katko	Republican	NY-24	D+3	Trump is out to get him and the district will probably get bluer
Tom Suozzi	Democratic	NY-03	D+3	Running for governor of New York
Kathleen Rice	Democratic	NY-04	D+4	She is a moderate in a caucus increasingly dominated by progressives
John Yarmuth	Democratic	KY-03	D+6	At 75, he prefers playing with his grandson to politics
Ed Perlmutter	Democratic	CO-07	D+6	He's 68, and says it's time to pass the baton to the next generation
Ted Deutch	Democratic	FL-22	D+6	Leaving to become CEO for the American Jewish Committee
Jerry McNerney	Democratic	CA-09	D+7	He's 70 and ready to move on to new things
Peter DeFazio	Democratic	OR-04	D+9	At 74, and after 18 terms, he's had his fill
Jim Cooper	Democratic	TN-05	D+9	Gerrymandering turned his blue district red
Filemón Vela	Democratic	TX-34	D+10	His seat will definitely be vulnerable after GOP-led redistricting
Val Demings	Democratic	FL-10	D+12	Going to challenge Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Alan Lowenthal	Democratic	CA-47	D+13	He is 80 and doesn't want to be in the minority
Mike Doyle	Democratic	PA-18	D+13	He is frustrated that the House Democrats can't agree on anything
Peter Welch	Democratic	VT-AL	D+15	He is running for the seat that Sen. Pat Leahy (D) is vacating
Kai Kahele	Democratic	HI-02	D+15	He is running for governor
Jim Langevin	Democratic	RI-02	D+16	He has had his fill after 11 terms
David Price	Democratic	NC-04	D+17	Republicans will probably radically change his district
George Butterfield	Democratic	NC-01	D+17	Republicans changed his district to be D+1
Bobby Rush	Democratic	IL-01	D+22	At 75, wants to focus on his ministry
Albio Sires	Democratic	NJ-08	D+27	He said: "The whole atmosphere in Washngton is awful"
Jackie Speier	Democratic	CA-14	D+28	Four decades in politics is enough
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democratic	TX-30	D+29	She'll be 86 on Election Day 2022
Anthony Brown	Democratic	MD-04	D+29	Running for AG of Maryland
Brenda Lawrence	Democratic	MI-14	D+30	The new district maps were not to her liking
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democratic	CA-40	D+33	She's 80 and her district has changed shape, though still very blue
Karen Bass	Democratic	CA-37	D+36	Running for mayor of Los Angeles

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