Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., is interviewed in his Cannon House Office Building office on Oct. 31, 2017. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
As of mid-January, 49 House members, including 22 Democrats and 27 Republicans, have announced they will not seek re-election in the 2026 election cycle, according to the U.S. House of Representatives Press Gallery "Casualty List."
Some members of Congress are retiring, while others are seeking higher office, including bids for the Senate or governor.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is running for governor of South Carolina, while Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., is seeking the governorship in California.
HOUSE DEM SERVING SINCE 1993 ANNOUNCES SHE WON'T SEEK RE-ELECTION
The dome of the U.S. Capitol is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 11, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is running for Texas attorney general, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is mounting a Senate bid in Texas, challenging incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.
Republicans currently hold a slim majority in the House after former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., resigned in January and Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., died the same week.
The special election to fill Green’s seat is scheduled for March 10.
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President Donald Trump told lawmakers during a House GOP retreat at the Kennedy Center that he hopes Republicans pull off an "epic midterm victory."
"They say that when you win the presidency, you lose the midterms. You gotta win the midterms," Trump said. "Because if we don’t win the midterms … they’ll find a reason to impeach me. I’ll get impeached."
Ashley Carnahan is a writer at Fox News Digital.
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