Retirement watch: 3 groups of House Republicans whose exits would shake up the 2018 map

Retirement watch: 3 groups of House Republicans whose exits would shake up the 2018 map

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/13/politics/house-republican-retirement-watch/index.html



Eric Bradner

By Eric Bradner, CNN

Updated 8:15 AM ET, Sat January 13, 2018

Source: CNN
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Many high profile Republican House members have announced they'll leave Congress
The three groups to watch: Northeast suburbanites, Californians and senior GOPers

Washington (CNN)Two California House Republicans headed for the exits this week as a blue wave builds ahead of this year's midterm elections.


The retirements of Reps. Darrell Issa and Ed Royce -- as well as Arizona Rep. Martha McSally announcing Friday a run for US Senate -- brought the list of GOP House members who won't return next year to 33.



The retirements have at times surprised Republican operatives -- coming with little advance notice. Royce, for example, had insisted in November he would run for re-election, and had raised $3.5 million.

In a political environment in which a Quinnipiac poll found Democrats with a 17-point advantage in the generic congressional ballot -- which asks voters simply whether they'd rather be represented by a Democrat or a Republican -- more retirements, GOP aides acknowledge, could be coming.


Here are three groups of Republicans whose retirements could further shake up the House map.


1. Northeastern suburbanites......................

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