Smart Moves in the midpoint of the Trump 2.0 Chaos Era…..
Make their own choices instead of swimming against a Blue Wave coming to the House…..
An unprecedented number of House Republicans are opting to retire or pursue other offices, complicating Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) bid to fend off a potential blue wave in the 2026 midterms and preserve his razor-thin majority.
So far, 36 House Republicans — including the most recent, Rep. Sam Graves (Mo.) — have announced they will leave their seat at the end of their term, pointing to legislative gridlock, family commitments or a wish to make room for the next generation of leaders.
That total exceeds the record set in the 2018 midterm cycle, when 34 House Republicans chose not to run for reelection and Democrats regained control of the lower chamber under President Trump’s first term.
By comparison, 21 House Democrats are not seeking reelection this year.
But the number is only likely to grow in the weeks ahead, as Republicans reassess their roles in Washington amid a Trump 2.0 era and the expectation that the president’s party historically faces losses in a midterm year….
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“Either they’ve done what they feel like they needed to do in Washington, or they are kind of running into walls of … not being able to do the things that they wanted to do in Washington anymore,” Romano said. “Either out of frustration or out of a desire to maybe try and come at the political game a little bit from a different angle, Congress might not be for them anymore.”….
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