Two senior House Democrats announce they won't run for reelection in 2022
Source: CNN
Price, first elected in 1986, and Doyle, first elected in 1994, both represent districts that President Joe Biden carried comfortably in 2020. But the retirement of long-serving lawmakers may reflect worries about Democrats holding onto the House next year. The party out of the White House traditionally suffers midterm loses after the election of a new president.
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"I believe the time has come to pass the torch to the next generation," Doyle said in a statement.
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"In retiring from a job like the one I hold, one should not expect a complete sense of closure," Price said in his statement, noting that he will be leaving behind two leadership posts as chair of the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee and the House Democracy Partnership (HDP), a bipartisan group that works with legislatures overseas to improve governance.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/david-price-north-carolina-democrats-2022/index.html
BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)so that right there does not comport to the ridiculous leap to an illogical segue -
Those 2 blue seats have nothing to do with "worries". Any concern might be for the disposition of "swing" seats.
They carefully minimized this too -
But no "worries" for the GOP taking back the House.
The breakdown - https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_U.S._Congress_incumbents_who_are_not_running_for_re-election_in_2022
Michael Doyle | Democratic Pennsylvania
David Price | Democratic North Carolina
John Yarmuth | Democratic Kentucky
Anthony Gonzalez | Republican Ohio
Ron Kind | Democratic Wisconsin
Cheri Bustos | Democratic Illinois
Kevin Brady | Republican Texas
Filemon Vela | Democratic Texas
Tom Reed | Republican New York
Ann Kirkpatrick | Democratic Arizona
Eddie Bernice Johnson | Democratic Texas
Incumbents seeking other offices
Running for Senate, 2022
Conor Lamb | Democrat Pennsylvania's 17th
Billy Long | Republican Missouri's 7th
Vicky Hartzler | Republican Missouri's 4th
Val Demings | Democratic Florida's 10th
Ted Budd | Republican North Carolina's 13th
Tim Ryan | Democratic Ohio's 13th
Mo Brooks | Republican Alabama's 5th
Running for governor, 2022
Charlie Crist | Democratic Florida's 13th
Lee Zeldin | Republican New York's 1st
brooklynite
(93,869 posts)...some people may choose to retire if they expect to go back into the minority in 2022.
BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)For Price, being in office since 1986 is what? 35 years. He is 81 years old. And for Doyle, since 1994 is what? 27 years? As it is, Doyle was originally a Republican who switched parties.
The redistricting here in PA is not going to be like the nonsense that was done in 2010 (which was "undone" in 2018) as long as we have a Democrat as a Governor and a state Supreme Court that is majority-Democratic - 5 (D) - (2) R (where neither of those criteria were in place in 2010, because it was a trifecta of GOP control of the PA Executive/Legislative/Judicial branches).
brooklynite
(93,869 posts)You questioned:
IOW lawmakers, especially long-term ones, may not see a Democratic Majority in their remaining years, so better to get out now.
BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)If one wants to have "worries", one would not use examples of the retirement of 2 Democrats in blue seats. One would point to someone in a purple or red-leaning seat, like Connor Lamb (PA-17) or Tim Ryan (OH-13) both who plan to run for U.S. Senate, who are giving up their seats.
Those "swing" seats are the ones to "worry" about.
Alternately, using your argument, why does that not apply to the GOP who DOES have "long term members" who are retiring.- like Kevin Brady (TX-8) or Vicky Hartzler (MO-4) (the latter who is running for Senate)?
If the GOP wants to secure a "majority", the potential for them losing during a redistricting year - particularly in any swing seats, should be a concern to them.
Bev54
(9,963 posts)that they were retiring because that it has become evident that the dems will likely lose the house in 2022. Politico has become just another rw outlet.