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:
| 2022 |
1 |
5 |
| 2020 |
1 |
3 |
| 2018 |
0 |
4 |
| 2016 |
3 |
2 |
| 2014 |
5 |
3 |
| 2012 |
6 |
3 |
| 2010 |
5 |
6 |
| 2008 |
0 |
5 |
| 2006 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
| 2022 |
33 |
17 |
| 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 2024 election:
Here is the list of senators who are retiring this cycle (sorted alphabetically by state):
| Mike Braun |
Republican |
Indiana |
He is running for governor |
| Dianne Feinstein |
Democratic |
California |
She is too old and way past her use-by date |
| Debbie Stabenow |
Democratic |
Michigan |
She got tried of being a senator. She could have been reelected easily |
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.
| 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 |
| Jim Banks |
Republican |
IN-03 |
R+18 |
He is running for the open Indiana Senate seat |
| Victoria Spartz |
Republican |
IN-05 |
R+11 |
Possibly due to some run-ins with Kevin McCarthy |
| Elissa Slotkin |
Democratoc |
MI-07 |
R+2 |
She is running for Debbie Stabenow's open Senate seat |
| 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 |
| Jennifer Wexton |
Democratic |
VA-10 |
D+6 |
She is retiring after being diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy |
| Lisa Rochester |
Democratic |
DE-AL |
D+7 |
She is running for Tom Carper's open Senate seat |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Barbara Lee |
Democratic |
CA-12 |
D+40 |
She is running for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat in California |
