Fifty-one House members and nine senators have decided not to run for re-election, the most retirements from Congress this century.
Fifty-one House members and nine senators have decided not to run for re-election, the most retirements from Congress this century.
Also interesting to note that it seems common for the ruling party to see a lot of retirements in mid-terms, at least in the House.
Republicans have 30 retiring this time. In 2022 the Dems had 29 retirements under Biden. Trump saw 34 Republicans retire in 2018.
There are other outliers of course. The top year, 1992, was a presidential election and both parties saw a lot of retirements.