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:
Here is the list of senators who are retiring this cycle (sorted alphabetically by state):
Here are the announced House retirements, sorted on PVI (Cook Partisan Voting Index) based on the 2022 districts.
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.
| Brad Wenstrup |
Republican |
OH-02 |
R+25 |
No clear reason; at 65 he apparently just had enough |
| Patrick McHenry |
Republican |
NC-10 |
R+22 |
He is unhappy with his colleagues and ready for something new |
| Alex Mooney |
Republican |
WV-02 |
R+22 |
He is running for Joe Manchin's Senate seat in West Virginia |
| Dan Bishop |
Republican |
NC-08 |
R+20 |
He is running for the open AG seat in North Carolina |
| Drew Ferguson |
Republican |
GA-03 |
R+18 |
He says he wants to spend more time with family |
| Jim Banks |
Republican |
IN-03 |
R+18 |
He is running for the open Indiana Senate seat |
| Ken Buck |
Republican |
CO-04 |
R+13 |
He keeps bucking his party and getting nowhere; he's sick of it |
| Michael Burgess |
Republican |
TX-26 |
R+13 |
He thinks he is older than dirt at 72 |
| Kay Granger |
Republican |
TX-12 |
R+12 |
She is 80 and tired of being pushed around by the Freedom Caucus |
| Kathy Manning |
Democratic |
NC-06 |
R+11 |
Her district has been gerrymandered to be unwinnable for a Democrat |
| Victoria Spartz |
Republican |
IN-05 |
R+11 |
Possibly due to some run-ins with Kevin McCarthy |
| Debbie Lesko |
Republican |
AZ-08 |
R+10 |
She is tired of Washington |
| Wiley Nickel |
Democratic |
NC-13 |
R+2 |
His district has been gerrymandered to be unwinnable for him |
| Elissa Slotkin |
Democratic |
MI-07 |
R+2 |
She is running for Debbie Stabenow's open Senate seat |
| Dan Kildee |
Democratic |
MI-08 |
R+1 |
He had cancer and is reassessing his life now |
| Abigail Spanberger |
Democratic |
VA-07 |
D+1 |
She is running for goveror of Virginia |
| David Trone |
Democratic |
MD-06 |
D+2 |
He is running for Ben Cardin's open Senate seat |
| Katie Porter |
Democratic |
CA-47 |
D+3 |
She is running for Dianne Feinstein's open Senate seat |
| Andy Kim |
Democratic |
NJ-03 |
D+5 |
He is running in the Senate primary against Sen. Bob Menendez |
| Derek Kilmer |
Democratic |
WA-06 |
D+6 |
The job is taking too big a toll on his family |
| Jennifer Wexton |
Democratic |
VA-10 |
D+6 |
She is retiring after being diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy |
| Jeff Jackson |
Democratic |
NC-14 |
D+6 |
Quit to run for NC AG before he could be gerrymandered out of a job |
| Lisa Rochester |
Democratic |
DE-AL |
D+7 |
She is running for Tom Carper's open Senate seat |
| Dean Phillips |
Democratic |
MN-03 |
D+8 |
He is running for the Democratic nomination for president |
| John Sarbanes |
Democratic |
MD-03 |
D+10 |
Tired of the mess in the House |
| Colin Allred |
Democratic |
TX-32 |
D+14 |
He is running for the Senate against Ted Cruz |
| Grace Napolitano |
Democratic |
CA-31 |
D+15 |
She's 86 and the oldest member of the House. It was just time to go |
| Earl Blumenauer |
Democratic |
OR-03 |
D+22 |
After 14 terms, he's just had enough |
| Adam Schiff |
Democratic |
CA-30 |
D+23 |
He is running for Dianne Feinstein's open Senate seat |
| Ruben Gallego |
Democratic |
AZ-03 |
D+24 |
He is running for Kyrsten Sinema's Senate seat in Arizona |
| Anna Eshoo |
Democratic |
CA-16 |
D+26 |
She is 80 and has been in the House for 30 years; enough is enough |
| Tony Cardenas |
Democratic |
CA-29 |
D+26 |
He wanted to be in leadership, it didn't work out, so he's done after 28 years |
| Barbara Lee |
Democratic |
CA-12 |
D+40 |
She is running for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat |
