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Last updated May 10, 2022
This page lists the incumbent members of the 117th U.S. Congress who are not running for re-election in the 2022 congressional elections for both U.S. Senate and U.S. House.

As of May 2022, 55 members of Congress—six members of the U.S. Senate and 49 members of the U.S. House—have announced they will not seek re-election. Of those, 39 members—six senators and 32 representatives—have announced their retirement. Five retiring Senate members are Republicans and one is a Democrat, and of the retiring House members, 23 are Democrats and 9 are Republicans.

Seventeen U.S. House members are running for other offices:

• Five Republicans and four Democrats are seeking seats in the U.S. Senate.
• One Republican and three Democrats are running for governor.
• One Republican is running for secretary of state.
• One Democrat is running for mayor.
• One Democrat and one Republican are running for attorney general.

No U.S. Senate members are running for other offices.

Between January 2011 and February 2022, a total of 296 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

Retiring from public office, 2022
Name	Party	State	Date announced
Richard Burr	Republican	North Carolina	July 20, 2016[1]
Pat Toomey	Republican	Pennsylvania	Oct. 5, 2020[2]
Rob Portman	Republican	Ohio	Jan. 25, 2021[3]
Richard Shelby	Republican	Alabama	Feb. 8, 2021[4]
Roy Blunt	Republican	Missouri	March 8, 2021[5]
Patrick Leahy	Democratic	Vermont	November 15, 2021[6]

U.S. House members

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2022

Forty-nine representatives are not seeking re-election to their U.S. House seats (not including those who left office early):

Incumbents retiring from public office

Retiring from public office, 2022
Name	Party	State	Date announced
Antonio Delgado	Democrat	New York	May 3, 2022[7]
Bob Gibbs	Republican	Ohio	April 6, 2022[8]
Fred Upton	Republican	Michigan	April 5, 2022[9]
Van Taylor	Republican	Texas	March 2, 2022[10]
Ted Deutch	Democratic	Florida	February 28, 2022[11]
Fred Keller	Republican	Pennsylvania	February 28, 2022[12]
Kathleen Rice	Democratic	New York	February 15, 2022[13]
Jim Cooper	Democratic	Tennessee	January 25, 2022[14]
Jerry McNerney	Democratic	California	January 18, 2022[15]
Jim Langevin	Democratic	Rhode Island	January 18, 2022[16]
John Katko	Republican	New York	January 14, 2022[17]
Trey Hollingsworth	Republican	Indiana	January 12, 2022[18]
Ed Perlmutter	Democratic	Colorado	January 10, 2022[19]
Brenda Lawrence	Democratic	Michigan	January 4, 2022[20]
Bobby Rush	Democratic	Illinois	January 3, 2022[21]
Albio Sires	Democratic	New Jersey	December 21, 2021[22]
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democratic	California	December 21, 2021[23]
Stephanie Murphy	Democratic	Florida	December 20, 2021[24]
Alan Lowenthal	Democratic	California	December 16, 2021[25]
Peter DeFazio	Democratic	Oregon	December 1, 2021[26]
G.K. Butterfield	Democratic	North Carolina	November 19, 2021[27]
Jackie Speier	Democratic	California	November 16, 2021[28]
Adam Kinzinger	Republican	Illinois	October 29, 2021[29]
Michael Doyle	Democratic	Pennsylvania	October 18, 2021[30]
David Price	Democratic	North Carolina	October 18, 2021[31]
John Yarmuth	Democratic	Kentucky	October 12, 2021[32]
Anthony Gonzalez	Republican	Ohio	September 16, 2021[33]
Ron Kind	Democratic	Wisconsin	August 10, 2021[34]
Cheri Bustos	Democratic	Illinois	April 30, 2021[35]
Kevin Brady	Republican	Texas	April 14, 2021[36]
Ann Kirkpatrick	Democratic	Arizona	March 12, 2021[37]
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democratic	Texas	October 9, 2019[38]

Incumbents seeking other offices

U.S. House members seeking a seat in the U.S. Senate

Running for Senate, 2022
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced
Markwayne Mullin	Republican	Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District	February 26, 2022[39]
Peter Welch	Democratic	Vermont's At-Large Congressional District	November 22, 2021[40]
Conor Lamb	Democratic	Pennsylvania's 17th	August 6, 2021[41]
Billy Long	Republican	Missouri's 7th	August 3, 2021[42]
Vicky Hartzler	Republican	Missouri's 4th	June 10, 2021[43]
Val Demings	Democratic	Florida's 10th	June 9, 2021[44]
Ted Budd	Republican	North Carolina's 13th	April 28, 2021[45]
Tim Ryan	Democratic	Ohio's 13th	April 26, 2021[46]
Mo Brooks	Republican	Alabama's 5th	March 22, 2021[47]

U.S. House members running for governor

Running for governor, 2022
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced
Kai Kahele	Democratic	Hawaii's 2nd	May 7, 2022[48]
Tom Suozzi	Democratic	New York's 3rd	November 29, 2021[49]
Charlie Crist	Democratic	Florida's 13th	May 4, 2021[50]
Lee Zeldin	Republican	New York's 1st	April 8, 2021[51] [52]

U.S. House members running for another office

Running for another office, 2022
Name	Party	Seat	Date announced
Louie Gohmert	Republican	Texas' 1st	November 22, 2021[53]
Anthony G. Brown	Democratic	Maryland's 4th	October 25, 2021[54]
Karen Bass	Democratic	California's 37th	September 27, 2021[55]
Jody Hice	Republican	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 will not be included in the number of congressional retirements above. In most cases, we expect replacements to be sworn in before the 2022 elections. ^[57]

Left office early, 2021-2022
Name	Party	Office	Date left office
Tom Reed	Republican	New York's 23rd Congressional District	May 10, 2022[58]
Jim Inhofe	Republican	U.S. Senate, Oklahoma	January 3, 2023[59]
Filemon Vela	Democratic	Texas' 34th Congressional District	April 1, 2022[60]
Jeff Fortenberry	Republican	Nebraska's 1st Congressional District	March 31, 2022[61]
Don Young	Republican	Alaska's At-Large Congressional District	March 18, 2022[62]
Jim Hagedorn	Republican	Minnesota's 1st	February 17, 2022[63]
Devin Nunes	Republican	California's 22nd	December 31, 2021[64]
Cedric Richmond	Democratic	Louisiana's 2nd	January 15, 2021[65]
Kamala Harris	Democratic	U.S. Senate, California	January 18, 2021[66]
Ronald Wright	Republican	Texas' 6th	February 7, 2021[67]
Marcia L. Fudge	Democratic	Ohio's 11th	March 10, 2021[68]
Debra Haaland	Democratic	New Mexico's 1st	March 16, 2021[69]
Alcee Hastings	Democratic	Florida's 20th	April 6, 2021[70]
Steve Stivers	Republican	Ohio's 15th	May 16, 2021[71]

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
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[72]	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[73]	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
Cycle	Total retiring incumbents	Retiring Democrats	Retiring Democrats as percentage of caucus	Retiring Republicans	Retiring Republicans as percentage of caucus
2022	55	33	12.22%	22	8.37%
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
Cycle	Total retiring incumbents	Retiring incumbents with MOV of <10%	Retiring Democrats with MOV of <10%	Retiring Republicans with MOV of <10%
2022	56	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

See also: Congressional retirements by month, 2011-2022

Between January 2011 and February 2022, Ballotpedia tracked 296 retirement announcements from members of the U.S. House and Senate. January had the highest number of retirement announcements at 55. Forty of those took place during election years and 15 during odd-number years. The fewest announcements took place in June at 10—eight during off years and two during election years.

Hover over the bars in the chart below to see the number of even- and odd-year retirement announcements by month.

November had the second-highest total announcements at 33. Three November announcements occurred during an election year and 30 occurred during an off year.

August saw the second-fewest announcements after June at 14. All but one occurred during off years.

Retirement announcements by month and year

The following table shows retirement announcements 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

1. ↑ Charlotte Observer, "US Sen. Richard Burr says 2016 will be his last run for elected office," July 20, 2016
2. ↑ The Hill, "Toomey announces retirement at end of 2022," October 5, 2020
3. ↑ Cleveland.com, "U.S. Sen. Rob Portman says he won't run for re-election: Capitol Letter," January 25, 2021
4. ↑ WAAY, "ALABAMA U.S. SEN. RICHARD SHELBY CONFIRMS HE WON'T RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2022," February 8, 2021
5. ↑ Politico, "GOP Sen. Roy Blunt will not run for reelection," February 8, 2021
6. ↑ Casper Star Tribune, "Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy won't seek reelection," November 15, 2021
7. ↑ CNN, "Hochul taps Rep. Antonio Delgado to be New York lieutenant governor," May 3, 2022
8. ↑ Cleveland, "U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs to retire amid primary battle forced by redistricting," April 6, 2022
9. ↑ Washington Post, "GOP Rep. Upton, who voted to impeach Trump, will not seek reelection," April 5, 2022
10. ↑ Texas Tribune, "U.S. Rep. Van Taylor ends reelection campaign after he admits to affair," March 2, 2022
11. ↑ Politico, "Florida Democrat Deutch announces he won't run for reelection," February 28, 2022
12. ↑ The Washington Post, "Rep. Fred Keller (R-Pa.) announces he won't seek reelection," February 28, 2022
13. ↑ Roll Call, "New York's Rice, who opposed Pelosi as leader, decides to retire," February 15, 2022
14. ↑ The Washington Post, "Rep. Jim Cooper announces he will not run for reelection, accusing GOP of 'dismembering' his Nashville district," January 25, 2022
15. ↑ Politico, "McNerney to retire, Harder shifts to his seat," January 18, 2022
16. ↑ Providence Journal, "In his own words|Rep. Jim Langevin: Why I won't be running for reelection in 2022," January 18, 2022
17. ↑ CNN, "Third House Republican who voted to impeach Trump calls it quits," January 14, 2022
18. ↑ CNN, "GOP Rep. Trey Hollingsworth announces he won't seek reelection to Indiana seat," January 12, 2022
19. ↑ The Hill, "Rep. Perlmutter says he won't seek reelection in November," January 10, 2022
20. ↑ The Washington Post, "Rep. Brenda Lawrence announces she will not seek reelection," January 4, 2022
21. ↑ Politico, "Bobby Rush to relinquish 30-year hold on House seat," January 3, 2022
22. ↑ Congressman Albio Sires, "Congressman Sires Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection," December 24, 2021
23. ↑ CNN, "California Democrat announces she will not seek reelection to Congress," December 21, 2021
24. ↑ Politico, "Murphy, a leader of House Dem centrists, won't seek reelection," December 20, 2021
25. ↑ Congressman Alan Lowenthal, "Congressman Alan Lowenthal Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection To Congress In 2022," December 16, 2021
26. ↑ Politico, "Peter DeFazio will retire from Congress in latest blow to Democrats," December 1, 2021
27. ↑ CNN, "G.K. Butterfield latest Democrat to announce he will not seek reelection," November 18, 2021
28. ↑ Politico, "Rep. Jackie Speier retiring from Congress," November 16, 2021
29. ↑ CNN, "Adam Kinzinger, outspoken GOP Trump critic, won't seek reelection for US House seat," October 29, 2021
30. ↑ Politico, "House Dem retirement rush continues with 2 new departures," October 18, 2021
31. ↑ Chapelboro, "Longtime Orange County Congressman David Price Set to Retire," October 18, 2021
32. ↑ CNN, "John Yarmuth, powerful liberal from Kentucky, announces he'll retire from Congress at the end of his term," October 12, 2021
33. ↑ New York Times, "Ohio House Republican, Calling Trump 'a Cancer,' Bows Out of 2022," September 16, 2021
34. ↑ Politico, "Rep. Ron Kind announces retirement in boon to GOP's House hopes," August 10, 2021
35. ↑ Politico, "Cheri Bustos, who led Democrats through tumultuous 2020 election, announces retirement," April 30, 2021
36. ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Republican U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady will retire from Congress at the end of his term," April 14, 2021
37. ↑ Politico, "Ann Kirkpatrick announces 1st House retirement of 2022," March 12, 2021
38. ↑ Roll Call, "Texas Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson says she'll run for one final term," October 9, 2019
39. ↑ MSN, "U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin announces Senate bid to fill seat soon to be vacated by Sen. Jim Inhofe" February 26, 2022
40. ↑ 270 to Win, "Vermont Rep. Peter Welch Running to Replace Retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy," November 22, 2021
41. ↑ Politico, "Conor Lamb launching Senate bid in Pennsylvania," August 6, 2021
42. ↑ Politico, "Rep. Billy Long launches Missouri Senate campaign after meeting with Trump," August 3, 2021
43. ↑ Roll Call, "Missouri GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler launches Senate run," June 10, 2021
44. ↑ Politico, "Demings launches Senate bid against Rubio," June 9, 2021
45. ↑ The North State Journal, "Ted Budd enters 2022 U.S. Senate race," April 28, 2021
46. ↑ CNN, "Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan launches campaign of US Senate seat in Ohio," April 26, 2021
47. ↑ AL.com, "Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks launches U.S. Senate campaign," March 22, 2021
48. ↑ KITV, "Congressman Kai Kahele announces bid for Hawai'i Governor," May 8, 2022
49. ↑ Politico, "Suozzi becomes fourth Democrat to enter New York governor's race," November 29, 2021
50. ↑ Politico, "Florida's Crist becomes first prominent Democrat to challenge DeSantis," May 4, 2021
51. ↑ CNN, "Trump ally GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin announces plan to run for New York governor in 2022," April 8, 2021
52. ↑ As of April 14, 2021, Zeldin had not made an announcement on whether he planned to also run for U.S. House.
53. ↑ Politico, "Rep. Louie Gohmert announces he's running for Texas AG," November 22, 2021
54. ↑ Maryland Matters, "Forgoing Congressional Re-Election Bid, Anthony Brown to Run for Attorney General," October 25, 2021
55. ↑ Yahoo, "Karen Bass Launches Bid For Mayor Of Los Angeles," September 27, 2021
56. ↑ Politico, "Trump looks to take down Raffensperger in Georgia," March 22, 2021
57. ↑ Luke Letlow (R), representative-elect for Louisiana's 5th Congressional District, died on December 29, 2020, before being sworn into office.
58. ↑ WIBV, "Tom Reed resigns from Congress," May 10, 2022
59. ↑ 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
60. ↑ Texas Democrat resigns from Congress to join lobbying firm," accessed April 1, 2022
61. ↑ AP News, "US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska announces resignation," accessed March 26, 2022
62. ↑ Young died on March 18, 2022. Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young has died at age 88," accessed March 18, 2022
63. ↑ Hagedorn died on February 17, 2022. CBS Minnesota, "Congressman Jim Hagedorn Dies," February 18, 2022
64. ↑ CNBC, "GOP Rep. Devin Nunes resigns from Congress to become CEO of Trump's media company," December 6, 2021
65. ↑ Richmond resigned to serve as senior adviser to the president and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.
66. ↑ Harris resigned two days before being sworn in as vice president.
67. ↑ Wright died on February 7, 2021. The Hill, "Rep. Ron Wright dies after contracting COVID-19," February 8, 2021
68. ↑ 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
69. ↑ Haaland resigned to serve as the U.S. secretary of the interior. Indian Country Today, "Deb Haaland swearing in details announced," March 16, 2021
70. ↑ Hastings died on April 6, 2021. The Hill, "Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings dead at 84," April 6, 2021
71. ↑ 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
72. ↑ Includes Rep. Justin Amash (L), who did not seek re-election.
73. ↑ Figure includes Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).

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