There are now 29 Democrats who have announced they will leave the House of Representatives rather than run for reelection in 2022. You know there’ll be blood in the water come the midterms when House Rep. Jim Langevin, Dem. RI, announces he’s retiring after his 11th term. Here’s the entire list of Democrats leaving the House so far:
- Jim Cooper (D) Tennessee
- Brenda Lawrence (D) Michigan
- Bobby Rush (D) Illinois
- Albio Sires (D) New Jersey
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) California
- Stephanie Murphy (D) Florida
- Alan Lowenthal (D) California
- Peter DeFazio (D) Oregon
- G.K. Butterfield (D) North Carolina
- Jackie Speier (D) California
- Conor Lamb (D) Pennsylvania
- Karen Bass (D) California
- Michael Doyle (D) Pennsylvania
- David Price (D) North Carolina
- John Yarmuth (D) Kentucky
- Ron Kind (D) Wisconsin
- Cheri Bustos (D) Illinois
- Filemon Vela (D) Texas
- Ann Kirkpatrick (D) Arizona
- Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) Texas
- Peter Welch (D) Vermont
- Val Demings (D) Florida
- Tim Ryan (D) Ohio
- Tom Suozzi (D) New York
- Charlie Crist (D) Florida
- Anthony G. Brown (D) Maryland
- Jim McNerney (D) California
- Jim Langevin (D) Rhode Island
- Ed Perlmutter (D) Colorado
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