List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2022
This page lists the incumbent members of the 117th U.S. Congress who did not run for re-election in the 2022 congressional elections for both U.S. Senate and U.S. House.
Fifty-five members of Congress—six members of the U.S. Senate and 49 members of the U.S. House— announced they would not seek re-election in 2022. Of those, 38 members—six senators and 32 representatives—announced their retirement. Five retiring Senate members were Republicans and one was a Democrat, and of the retiring House members, 22 were Democrats and 10 were Republicans.
Seventeen U.S. House members ran for other offices:
- Five Republicans and four Democrats sought seats in the U.S. Senate.
- One Republican and three Democrats ran for governor.
- One Republican ran for secretary of state.
- One Democrat ran for mayor.
- One Democrat and one Republican ran for attorney general.
No U.S. Senate members ran for other offices.
Between January 2011 and February 2022, a total of 295 incumbents retired from the U.S. House and Senate. Out of every election cycle from 2012 to 2020, the 2018 cycle had the highest number of retirements at 55, and the 2020 cycle had the fewest with 40 announcements. From 2011 to 2021, there were an average of 26 announcements per year.
U.S. Senate members
- See also: United States Senate elections, 2022
Incumbents retiring from public office
Retired from public office, 2022 | ||||||
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Name | Party | State | Date announced | |||
Richard Burr | ![]() |
North Carolina | July 20, 2016[1] | |||
Pat Toomey | ![]() |
Pennsylvania | Oct. 5, 2020[2] | |||
Rob Portman | ![]() |
Ohio | Jan. 25, 2021[3] | |||
Richard Shelby | ![]() |
Alabama | Feb. 8, 2021[4] | |||
Roy Blunt | ![]() |
Missouri | March 8, 2021[5] | |||
Patrick Leahy | ![]() |
Vermont | November 15, 2021[6] |
U.S. House members
Forty-nine representatives did not seek re-election to their U.S. House seats (not including those who left office early):
Incumbents retiring from public office
Retired from public office, 2022 | ||||||
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Name | Party | State | Date announced | |||
Christopher Jacobs | ![]() |
New York | June 3, 2022[7] | |||
Bob Gibbs | ![]() |
Ohio | April 6, 2022[8] | |||
Fred Upton | ![]() |
Michigan | April 5, 2022[9] | |||
Van Taylor | ![]() |
Texas | March 2, 2022[10] | |||
Ted Deutch | ![]() |
Florida | February 28, 2022[11] | |||
Fred Keller | ![]() |
Pennsylvania | February 28, 2022[12] | |||
Kathleen Rice | ![]() |
New York | February 15, 2022[13] | |||
Jim Cooper | ![]() |
Tennessee | January 25, 2022[14] | |||
Jerry McNerney | ![]() |
California | January 18, 2022[15] | |||
Jim Langevin | ![]() |
Rhode Island | January 18, 2022[16] | |||
John Katko | ![]() |
New York | January 14, 2022[17] | |||
Trey Hollingsworth | ![]() |
Indiana | January 12, 2022[18] | |||
Ed Perlmutter | ![]() |
Colorado | January 10, 2022[19] | |||
Brenda Lawrence | ![]() |
Michigan | January 4, 2022[20] | |||
Bobby Rush | ![]() |
Illinois | January 3, 2022[21] | |||
Albio Sires | ![]() |
New Jersey | December 21, 2021[22] | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | ![]() |
California | December 21, 2021[23] | |||
Stephanie Murphy | ![]() |
Florida | December 20, 2021[24] | |||
Alan Lowenthal | ![]() |
California | December 16, 2021[25] | |||
Peter DeFazio | ![]() |
Oregon | December 1, 2021[26] | |||
G.K. Butterfield | ![]() |
North Carolina | November 19, 2021[27] | |||
Jackie Speier | ![]() |
California | November 16, 2021[28] | |||
Adam Kinzinger | ![]() |
Illinois | October 29, 2021[29] | |||
Michael Doyle | ![]() |
Pennsylvania | October 18, 2021[30] | |||
David Price | ![]() |
North Carolina | October 18, 2021[31] | |||
John Yarmuth | ![]() |
Kentucky | October 12, 2021[32] | |||
Anthony Gonzalez | ![]() |
Ohio | September 16, 2021[33] | |||
Ron Kind | ![]() |
Wisconsin | August 10, 2021[34] | |||
Cheri Bustos | ![]() |
Illinois | April 30, 2021[35] | |||
Kevin Brady | ![]() |
Texas | April 14, 2021[36] | |||
Ann Kirkpatrick | ![]() |
Arizona | March 12, 2021[37] | |||
Eddie Bernice Johnson | ![]() |
Texas | October 9, 2019[38] |
Incumbents seeking other offices
U.S. House members seeking a seat in the U.S. Senate
Ran for Senate, 2022 | ||||||
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Name | Party | Seat | Date announced | |||
Markwayne Mullin | ![]() |
Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District | February 26, 2022[39] | |||
Peter Welch | ![]() |
Vermont's At-Large Congressional District | November 22, 2021[40] | |||
Conor Lamb | ![]() |
Pennsylvania's 17th | August 6, 2021[41] | |||
Billy Long | ![]() |
Missouri's 7th | August 3, 2021[42] | |||
Vicky Hartzler | ![]() |
Missouri's 4th | June 10, 2021[43] | |||
Val Demings | ![]() |
Florida's 10th | June 9, 2021[44] | |||
Ted Budd | ![]() |
North Carolina's 13th | April 28, 2021[45] | |||
Tim Ryan | ![]() |
Ohio's 13th | April 26, 2021[46] | |||
Mo Brooks | ![]() |
Alabama's 5th | March 22, 2021[47] |
U.S. House members running for governor
Ran for governor, 2022 | ||||||
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Name | Party | Seat | Date announced | |||
Kai Kahele | ![]() |
Hawaii's 2nd | May 7, 2022[48] | |||
Tom Suozzi | ![]() |
New York's 3rd | November 29, 2021[49] | |||
Charlie Crist | ![]() |
Florida's 13th | May 4, 2021[50] | |||
Lee Zeldin | ![]() |
New York's 1st | April 8, 2021[51][52] |
U.S. House members running for another office
Ran for another office, 2022 | ||||||
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Name | Party | Seat | Date announced | |||
Louie Gohmert | ![]() |
Texas' 1st | November 22, 2021[53] | |||
Anthony G. Brown | ![]() |
Maryland's 4th | October 25, 2021[54] | |||
Karen Bass | ![]() |
California's 37th | September 27, 2021[55] | |||
Jody Hice | ![]() |
Georgia's 10th | March 22, 2021[56] |
Announcements by number of months before an election
Congressional incumbents who left office early
Note: The individuals in the list below were not included in the number of congressional retirements above. In most cases, replacements were sworn in before the 2022 elections.[57]
Analysis
Historical comparison
The following table includes figures on Democratic and Republican members of Congress who either left office during their term or announced that they would not seek re-election for each election year since 2012.
Outgoing members of Congress, 2012-2020 | |||||||
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Year | Chamber | Democrats not seeking re-election | Republicans not seeking re-election | Total not seeking re-election | Democrats leaving office early | Republicans leaving office early | Total leaving office early |
2020 | |||||||
U.S. Senate | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
U.S. House | 9 | 26 | 36[75] | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
Total | 10 | 29 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
2018 | |||||||
U.S. Senate | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
U.S. House | 18 | 34 | 52 | 3 | 14 | 17 | |
Total | 18 | 37 | 55 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |
2016 | |||||||
U.S. Senate | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. House | 16 | 24 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Total | 19 | 26 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
2014 | |||||||
U.S. Senate | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
U.S. House | 16 | 25 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Total | 21 | 27 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
2012 | |||||||
U.S. Senate | 6 | 3 | 10[76] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
U.S. House | 23 | 20 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Total | 29 | 23 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
The following chart compares the number of Democrats and Republicans in Congress who did not seek re-election between 2012 and 2020.
Retirements as a percentage of party caucus
The number of retirements in each party as a percentage of the party's total number of Congressional members illustrates the amount of turnover happening within a party in a given election cycle. The table below shows Congressional retirements as a percentage of each party's total caucus members immediately following the previous election.
Retirements as percent of Democrat and Republican caucus | |||||
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Cycle | Total retiring incumbents | Retiring Democrats | Retiring Democrats as percentage of caucus | Retiring Republicans | Retiring Republicans as percentage of caucus |
2022 | 55 | 32 | 11.85% | 23 | 8.75% |
2020 | 40 | 10 | 3.57% | 29 | 11.46% |
2018 | 55 | 18 | 7.44% | 37 | 12.63% |
2016 | 45 | 19 | 8.12% | 26 | 8.64% |
2014 | 48 | 21 | 8.47% | 27 | 9.41% |
Prior election margins of victory
Retirements in districts with a narrow margin of victory (MOV) can indicate a potentially competitive election in the next cycle. Retirements from seats with a margin of victory of less than 10 percentage points in each election cycle included:
- Seven Democrats and three Republicans out of 56 total retirements in the 2022 cycle
- Seven Republicans out of 40 total retirements in the 2020 cycle
- Five Democrats and three Republicans out of 55 total retirements in the 2018 cycle
- Five Democrats and one Republican out of 45 total retirements in the 2016 cycle
- Five Democrats and Five Republicans out of 48 total retirements in the 2014 cycle
Retirements in districts that had a MOV of 10 percentage points or less in the prior cycle, 2014-2022 | ||||
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Cycle | Total retiring incumbents | Retiring incumbents with MOV of <10% | Retiring Democrats with MOV of <10% | Retiring Republicans with MOV of <10% |
2022 | 55 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
2020 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2018 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
2016 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
2014 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Congressional retirements by month, 2011-2022
Between January 2011 and April 2025, Ballotpedia tracked 356 announcements from members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives who announced they would not seek re-election. January had the highest number of members announcing they would not run for re-election at 69. Forty-seven of those took place during election years and 22 during odd-number years. The fewest announcements took place in June at 12—nine during off years and three during election years.
Hover over the bars in the chart below to see the number of even- and odd-year announcements by month.
November had the second-highest total announcements at 45. Five November announcements occurred during an election year and 40 occurred during an off year.
August saw the second-fewest announcements after June at 15. All but one occurred during off years.
Announcements by month and year
The following table shows the number of members who announced they would not run for re-election by month and by year. Click on a month to sort the table in ascending or descending order by that month.
See also
- United States Congress elections, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- United States Senate elections, 2022
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2018
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ Charlotte Observer, "US Sen. Richard Burr says 2016 will be his last run for elected office," July 20, 2016
- ↑ The Hill, "Toomey announces retirement at end of 2022," October 5, 2020
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "U.S. Sen. Rob Portman says he won’t run for re-election: Capitol Letter," January 25, 2021
- ↑ WAAY, "ALABAMA U.S. SEN. RICHARD SHELBY CONFIRMS HE WON'T RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2022," February 8, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "GOP Sen. Roy Blunt will not run for reelection," February 8, 2021
- ↑ Casper Star Tribune, "Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy won’t seek reelection," November 15, 2021
- ↑ New York Times, "N.Y. Republican Drops Re-Election Bid After Bucking His Party on Guns," June 3, 2022
- ↑ Cleveland, "U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs to retire amid primary battle forced by redistricting," April 6, 2022
- ↑ Washington Post, "GOP Rep. Upton, who voted to impeach Trump, will not seek reelection," April 5, 2022
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "U.S. Rep. Van Taylor ends reelection campaign after he admits to affair," March 2, 2022
- ↑ Politico, "Florida Democrat Deutch announces he won’t run for reelection," February 28, 2022
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Rep. Fred Keller (R-Pa.) announces he won’t seek reelection," February 28, 2022
- ↑ Roll Call, "New York’s Rice, who opposed Pelosi as leader, decides to retire," February 15, 2022
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Rep. Jim Cooper announces he will not run for reelection, accusing GOP of ‘dismembering’ his Nashville district," January 25, 2022
- ↑ Politico, "McNerney to retire, Harder shifts to his seat," January 18, 2022
- ↑ Providence Journal, "In his own words|Rep. Jim Langevin: Why I won't be running for reelection in 2022," January 18, 2022
- ↑ CNN, "Third House Republican who voted to impeach Trump calls it quits," January 14, 2022
- ↑ CNN, "GOP Rep. Trey Hollingsworth announces he won't seek reelection to Indiana seat," January 12, 2022
- ↑ The Hill, "Rep. Perlmutter says he won't seek reelection in November," January 10, 2022
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Rep. Brenda Lawrence announces she will not seek reelection," January 4, 2022
- ↑ Politico, "Bobby Rush to relinquish 30-year hold on House seat," January 3, 2022
- ↑ Congressman Albio Sires, "Congressman Sires Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection," December 24, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "California Democrat announces she will not seek reelection to Congress," December 21, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Murphy, a leader of House Dem centrists, won't seek reelection," December 20, 2021
- ↑ Congressman Alan Lowenthal, "Congressman Alan Lowenthal Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection To Congress In 2022," December 16, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Peter DeFazio will retire from Congress in latest blow to Democrats," December 1, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "G.K. Butterfield latest Democrat to announce he will not seek reelection," November 18, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Rep. Jackie Speier retiring from Congress," November 16, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "Adam Kinzinger, outspoken GOP Trump critic, won't seek reelection for US House seat," October 29, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "House Dem retirement rush continues with 2 new departures," October 18, 2021
- ↑ Chapelboro, "Longtime Orange County Congressman David Price Set to Retire," October 18, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "John Yarmuth, powerful liberal from Kentucky, announces he'll retire from Congress at the end of his term," October 12, 2021
- ↑ New York Times, "Ohio House Republican, Calling Trump ‘a Cancer,’ Bows Out of 2022," September 16, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Rep. Ron Kind announces retirement in boon to GOP's House hopes," August 10, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Cheri Bustos, who led Democrats through tumultuous 2020 election, announces retirement," April 30, 2021
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Republican U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady will retire from Congress at the end of his term," April 14, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Ann Kirkpatrick announces 1st House retirement of 2022," March 12, 2021
- ↑ Roll Call, "Texas Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson says she’ll run for one final term," October 9, 2019
- ↑ MSN, "U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin announces Senate bid to fill seat soon to be vacated by Sen. Jim Inhofe" February 26, 2022
- ↑ 270 to Win, "Vermont Rep. Peter Welch Running to Replace Retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy," November 22, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Conor Lamb launching Senate bid in Pennsylvania," August 6, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Rep. Billy Long launches Missouri Senate campaign after meeting with Trump," August 3, 2021
- ↑ Roll Call, "Missouri GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler launches Senate run," June 10, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Demings launches Senate bid against Rubio," June 9, 2021
- ↑ The North State Journal, "Ted Budd enters 2022 U.S. Senate race," April 28, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan launches campaign of US Senate seat in Ohio," April 26, 2021
- ↑ AL.com, "Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks launches U.S. Senate campaign," March 22, 2021
- ↑ KITV, "Congressman Kai Kahele announces bid for Hawai'i Governor," May 8, 2022
- ↑ Politico, "Suozzi becomes fourth Democrat to enter New York governor’s race," November 29, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Florida's Crist becomes first prominent Democrat to challenge DeSantis," May 4, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "Trump ally GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin announces plan to run for New York governor in 2022," April 8, 2021
- ↑ As of April 14, 2021, Zeldin had not made an announcement on whether he planned to also run for U.S. House.
- ↑ Politico, "Rep. Louie Gohmert announces he's running for Texas AG," November 22, 2021
- ↑ Maryland Matters, "Forgoing Congressional Re-Election Bid, Anthony Brown to Run for Attorney General," October 25, 2021
- ↑ Yahoo, "Karen Bass Launches Bid For Mayor Of Los Angeles," September 27, 2021
- ↑ Politico, "Trump looks to take down Raffensperger in Georgia," March 22, 2021
- ↑ Luke Letlow (R), representative-elect for Louisiana's 5th Congressional District, died on December 29, 2020, before being sworn into office.
- ↑ Walorski died on August 3, 2022.CNN, "Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski is killed in car accident, McCarthy announces," accessed August 3, 2022
- ↑ CNN, "Hochul taps Rep. Antonio Delgado to be New York lieutenant governor," May 3, 2022
- ↑ WIBV, "Tom Reed resigns from Congress," May 10, 2022
- ↑ Inhofe announced his retirement, effective January 3, 2023. Tulsa World, "U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe announces retirement after 35 years in Congress representing Oklahoma," February 25, 2022
- ↑ Texas Democrat resigns from Congress to join lobbying firm," accessed April 1, 2022
- ↑ AP News, "US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska announces resignation," accessed March 26, 2022
- ↑ Young died on March 18, 2022.Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young has died at age 88," accessed March 18, 2022
- ↑ Hagedorn died on February 17, 2022. CBS Minnesota, "Congressman Jim Hagedorn Dies," February 18, 2022
- ↑ CNBC, "GOP Rep. Devin Nunes resigns from Congress to become CEO of Trump’s media company," December 6, 2021
- ↑ Richmond resigned to serve as senior adviser to the president and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.
- ↑ Harris resigned two days before being sworn in as vice president.
- ↑ Wright died on February 7, 2021. The Hill, "Rep. Ron Wright dies after contracting COVID-19," February 8, 2021
- ↑ Fudge resigned to serve as the U.S. secretary of housing and urban development. C-Span, "Marcia Fudge Submits Resignation Letter to House," March 10, 2021
- ↑ Haaland resigned to serve as the U.S. secretary of the interior. Indian Country Today, "Deb Haaland swearing in details announced," March 16, 2021
- ↑ Hastings died on April 6, 2021. The Hill, "Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings dead at 84," April 6, 2021
- ↑ Stivers resigned to serve as President and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. 10TV, "Rep. Steve Stivers announces he will step down from Congress in May," April 19, 2021
- ↑ McEachin died on November 28, 2022. WTVR, "Rep. Donald McEachin passes away at 61 after battle with colorectal cancer," November 28, 2022
- ↑ Includes Rep. Justin Amash (L), who did not seek re-election.
- ↑ Figure includes Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).
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