Republican congressmen keep resigning — here are their reasons
By
Jack Birle
March 23, 2024 1:44 pm
As the 118th Congress continues to be turbulent, especially in the House of Representatives, members are opting not to run for another term, and with the instability, several are resigning from Congress early.
While 21 House Republicans have said they would retire at the end of their term, five House Republicans have either resigned or announced their intention to resign early. This drops the Republican majority in the House to 217-213, meaning the party can only stand to lose one vote along party lines. Here is a look at those five retiring Republicans.
Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT)Stewart announced his departure from the House of Representatives in June 2023, that his “wife’s health concerns” made it “necessary” for him to step down in September 2023. He would resign from the chamber effective Sept. 15, 2023.
He had been in the House of Representatives since 2013. Stewart was the first House Republican to resign during this Congress, and his decision came before much of the chaos in the chamber in the latter half of 2023.
Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-UT) would win a special election in November 2023 to replace Stewart for the remainder of the 118th Congress.
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