As of Feb. 15, 2024, 50 members of Congress—seven members of the U.S. Senate and 43 members of the U.S. House—announced they would not seek re-election in 2024.
Of the U.S. Senate members not running for re-election, six—U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), and Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.)—announced their retirements from public office, while the other—U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.)—is running for governor of Indiana.
Of the 43 U.S. House members not seeking re-election:
13—four Republicans and nine Democrats—are running for the U.S. Senate. Two—one Democrat and one Republican—are running for state attorney general. Two—one Democrat and one Republican—are running for governor. One Democrat is running for President of the United States. 25—11 Democrats and 14 Republicans—are retiring from public office. As of February 15, 2022, 42 U.S. House members had announced they were not running for re-election. Thirty-five members had announced at this point in the 2020 cycle, and 44 had announced at this point in the 2018 cycle.
The seven U.S. Senators who have announced they are not running for re-election are one more than the six U.S. Senators who had announced their retirement at this point in the 2022 election cycle. Four had done so at this point in 2020, and three had done so at this point in the 2018 cycle.
Source: https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_U.S._Congress_incumbents_who_are_not_running_for_re-election_in_2024
Thank you for including the source link, because near the very bottom it includes the "Historical comparison" which shows we are still below levels in 2012,2018, and 2022.
Ah, didn't read that part. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
My pleasure, I think we get so desperate for absolutely anything that looks like things might be going out way that we ignore that this isn't anything new and around 10% of Congress doesn't seek re-election basically every year.
2018 made it obvious that the GOP was handing the House to the Dems.