Tag: U.S. Congress
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Thirty-five members of Congress have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026
Thirty-five members of the U.S. Congress—eight U.S. Senate members and 27 U.S. House members—have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026. Compared to previous election cycles, 35 is the most retirement announcements we have tracked at this point since 2018. Since our Aug. 18 update, six U.S. House members and one U.S. Senate member…
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Rep. Ashley Hinson becomes the 10th U.S. House member who is running for the U.S. Senate in 2026
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) announced on Sept. 2, 2025, that she will run for the U.S. Senate in Iowa in 2026 rather than another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. The seat is open since incumbent Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced she would not seek re-election. As of Sept. 2, 2025, independent race forecasters…
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Rep. Jerrold Nadler becomes the 24th U.S. House member who is not seeking re-election in 2026
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) announced on Sept. 1, 2025, that he will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026. In a statement announcing his retirement, Nadler wrote, “Today, I am announcing that I will not be seeking re-election next year and that this term in Congress will be my last. This…
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Sen. Joni Ernst becomes the eighth U.S. Senate member who is not seeking re-election in 2026
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced on Sept. 2, 2025, that she will not seek re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2026. On her retirement, Ernst said, “I never imagined this farm girl would have the opportunity to serve as a lieutenant colonel and then a United States senator. […] While this chapter of elected service…
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Twenty-eight members of Congress have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026
Since our last update on July 22, 2025, five members of the U.S. Congress—all members of the U.S. House of Representatives—have announced that they will not seek re-election in 2026. Here are the five members who have announced their retirements since our last update, as well as how three independent race forecasters have rated the…
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Nineteen members of Congress have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026
Since May 22, 2025, one member of the U.S. Congress has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2026. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) announced on May 27 that he will run for governor of Alabama in 2026 rather than re-election to the U.S. Senate. As of June 10, The Cook Political Report and Inside…
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Four members of Congress have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026
As of Feb. 19, four members of the U.S. Congress—two senators and two representatives—have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026. The total number of 2026 retirement announcements—four—is the same as it was at this point in 2020 and 2018. However, it is less than it was in 2024 and 2022. U.S. Senate Two…
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Jimmy Patronis (R) won the Jan. 28 special Republican primary in Florida’s 1st Congressional District
Jimmy Patronis (R) defeated nine other candidates in the special Republican primary in Florida’s 1st Congressional District on January 28, 2025. He earned 65.8% of the vote to second-place finisher Joel Rudman’s (R) 10%. The general election is on April 1, 2025. The previous incumbent, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R), resigned from Congress after President Donald…
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Incumbent Jared Golden (D) and Austin Theriault (R) are running in the general election for ME-02
Incumbent Jared Golden (D) and Austin Theriault (R) are running in the general election for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Golden ran unopposed in the June 11 primary, while Theriault defeated Michael Soboleski for the Republican nomination. Golden is one of five Democrats running in a district former President Donald Trump (R)…
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Incumbent U.S. Rep. Nicholas J. LaLota (R) and challenger John Avlon (D) are running in the general election for New York’s 1st Congressional District
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Nicholas J. LaLota (R) and John Avlon (D) are running in the general election for New York’s 1st Congressional District on November 5. According to City and State New York’s Eliot Force, “The 1st Congressional District has voted for Republican representatives in every election cycle since 2014, and it became slightly more…