More and more House Republicans are deciding they want no part of the 2018 elections

By Andrew Prokop at Vox

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/13/16624520/house-republicans-retiring-democratic-wave

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More and more Republicans are looking at how the 2018 elections are shaping up — and deciding they want no part of them.

This week, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee and has been in Congress for over two decades, announced he’d retire rather than run for reelection.

This makes 20 House Republicans and three GOP senators who are calling it quits, not counting several more who are stepping down to run for another political office (or who have already resigned).

Viewed in historical context, that number of Republican retirements is clearly on the high side. And reports have suggested that this is just the start, and that several more GOP House members — perhaps many more — will also soon announce they’ll head for the exits.


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