Congressional House members not seeking Re-election

Incumbents not seeking re-election

As of Nov. 11, 2025, 37 incumbent members of the U.S. House of Representatives—15 Democrats and 22 Republicans—have announced that they will not seek re-election in the 2026 election cycle.

Of the 37 U.S. House incumbents who are not seeking re-election:

• Thirteen—nine Democrats and four Republicans—are retiring from public office.
• Twelve—six Democrats and six Republicans—are running for the U.S. Senate.
• Eleven—all Republicans—are running for governor.
• One Republican is running for state attorney general.

At this point in the last four election cycles, there were 25 retirement announcements in 2024, 24 in 2022, 27 in 2020, and 31 in 2018.

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