Thread: 47 US Lawmakers Not Seeking Reelection

A record number of congressional lawmakers aren't running for reelection in 2026. Here's the list

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/15/nx-s1...t-tracker-2026

UPDATED NOVEMBER 11, 20259:57 AM ET


Stephen Fowler


Birds fly around the U.S. Capitol Dome at sunrise in September 2024 in Washington, D.C.

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NPR is tracking the record number of congressional lawmakers who have announced they do not plan to run for reelection to their current seats in 2026. That number currently stands at 10 senators and 37 House members.
Twenty are retiring from public office with the rest running for a different office — 14 looking to become governor of their state, 12 looking to make the jump from House to Senate and one, Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, is looking to become his state's attorney general.

Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet are not up for reelection in 2026, but would resign their seats if they win their respective gubernatorial races.

There are more Republicans signaling their desire to exit Washington (27) than Democrats (20).

Nov. 11, 2025	Jodey Arrington	Republican	House	TX-19	Retiring
Nov. 10, 2025	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Democrat	House	NJ-12	Retiring
Nov. 7, 2025	Elise Stefanik	Republican	House	NY-21	Running for governor
Nov. 6, 2025	Nancy Pelosi	Democrat	House	CA-11	Retiring
Nov. 5, 2025	Jared Golden	Democrat	House	ME-02	Retiring
Nov. 3, 2025	Chuy Garcia	Democrat	House	IL-04	Retiring
Oct. 15, 2025	Seth Moulton	Democrat	House	MA-06	Running for Senate
Oct. 6, 2025	Wesley Hunt	Republican	House	TX-38	Running for Senate
Sept. 30, 2025	David Schweikert	Republican	House	AZ-01	Running for governor
Sept. 23, 2025	Tom Tiffany	Republican	House	WI-07	Running for governor

Sept. 14, 2025	Michael McCaul	Republican	House	TX-10	Retiring
Sept. 11, 2025	Morgan Luttrell	Republican	House	TX-08	Retiring
Sept. 2, 2025	Joni Ernst	Republican	Senate	Iowa	Retiring
Sept. 2, 2025	Ashley Hinson	Republican	House	IA-02	Running for Senate
Sept. 1, 2025	Jerry Nadler	Democrat	House	NY-12	Retiring
Aug. 21, 2025	Chip Roy	Republican	House	TX-21	Running for attorney general
Aug. 21, 2025	Lloyd Doggett	Democrat	House	TX-37	Retiring
Aug. 12, 2025	Barry Moore	Republican	House	AL-01	Running for Senate
Aug. 6, 2025	Marsha Blackburn	Republican	Senate	Tennessee	Running for governor
Aug. 4, 2025	Nancy Mace	Republican	House	SC-01	Running for governor

July 31, 2025	Danny K. Davis	Democrat	House	IL-07	Retiring
July 28, 2025	Mike Collins	Republican	House	GA-10	Running for Senate
July 28, 2025	Ralph Norman	Republican	House	SC-05	Running for governor
July 20, 2025	Mark Green	Republican	House	TN-07	Resigned
June 30, 2025	Don Bacon	Republican	House	NE-02	Retiring
June 30, 2025	Dwight Evans	Democrat	House	PA-03	Retiring
June 30, 2025	Dusty Johnson	Republican	House	SD-At large	Running for governor
June 29, 2025	Thom Tillis	Republican	Senate	North Carolina	Retiring
May 27, 2025	Tommy Tuberville	Republican	Senate	Alabama	Running for governor
May 21, 2025	Gerald Connolly	Democrat	House	VA-11	Died

May 12, 2025	Randy Feenstra	Republican	House	IA-04	Running for governor
May 8, 2025	Earl "Buddy" Carter	Republican	House	GA-01	Running for Senate
May 7, 2025	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Democrat	House	IL-08	Running for Senate
May 6, 2025	Robin Kelly	Democrat	House	IL-02	Running for Senate
May 5, 2025	Jan Schakowsky	Democrat	House	IL-09	Retiring
April 29, 2025	Angie Craig	Democrat	House	MN-02	Running for Senate
April 23, 2025	Dick Durbin	Democrat	Senate	Illinois	Retiring
April 22, 2025	Andy Barr	Republican	House	KY-06	Running for Senate
April 22, 2025	Haley Stevens	Democrat	House	MI-11	Running for Senate
April 11, 2025	Michael Bennet	Democrat	Senate	Colorado	Running for governor

April 7, 2025	John James	Republican	House	MI-10	Running for governor
April 3, 2025	Chris Pappas	Democrat	House	NH-01	Running for Senate
March 20, 2025	John Rose	Republican	House	TN-06	Running for governor
March 13, 2025	Raúl Grijalva	Democrat	House	AZ-07	Died
March 12, 2025	Jeanne Shaheen	Democrat	Senate	New Hampshire	Retiring
March 5, 2025	Sylvester Turner	Democrat	House	TX-18	Died
Feb. 25, 2025	Byron Donalds	Republican	House	FL-19	Running for governor
Feb. 20, 2025	Mitch McConnell	Republican	Senate	Kentucky	Retiring
Feb. 13, 2025	Tina Smith	Democrat	Senate	Minnesota	Retiring
Jan. 28, 2025	Gary Peters	Democrat	Senate	Michigan	Retiring

Aug. 12, 2025	Barry Moore	Republican	House	AL-01	Running for Senate
Sept. 2, 2025	Ashley Hinson	Republican	House	IA-02	Running for Senate
Oct. 6, 2025	Wesley Hunt	Republican	House	TX-38	Running for Senate
Oct. 15, 2025	Seth Moulton	Democrat	House	MA-06	Running for Senate

Notes: Dates for retiring lawmakers and those running for governor and Senate are the dates they announced their decision. Sens. Blackburn and Bennet are not up for reelection in 2026, but would resign their seats if they win their respective gubernatorial races.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, U.S. House Casualty List, lawmaker press releasesCredit: Stephen Fowler/NPR

On the Democratic side, several of the party's older lawmakers are passing on the torch to a new generation of elected officials, like Sens. Dick Durbin and Jeanne Shaheen and Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Dwight Evans and Danny Davis.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced shortly after the November 2025 off-year elections that saw Democrats surge in races across the country that she would not seek another term.



ELECTIONS

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For Republicans, the retirements so far include Sens. Mitch McConnell, Thom Tillis and Joni Ernst, plus Rep. Don Bacon, all of whom have clashed at times with President Trump's vision of expanded executive power.



POLITICS

With midterms more than a year away, a record number of lawmakers are eyeing the exits

The GOP has slim majorities in both the House and Senate and has taken steps in several Republican-led states to enact mid-decade gerrymandering to try to add more favorable districts for the party ahead of what is historically a challenging election cycle for the party in power.

Texas' redrawn map that aims to shrink the number of Democratic representatives by five has already caused 78-year-old Texas Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett to announce his retirement instead of a bitter primary fight against progressive Rep. Greg Casar.

California's voters approved a retaliatory redistricting measure in November's off-year election that will redraw the state's Congressional districts to more heavily favor Democrats. Several other states are considering similar measures.

Although Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is not on the Resignation List, there are calls for him to resign.

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