House GOP exits mount as gridlock deepens
Sudiksha Kochi / Wed, December 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM ESTHouse Republicans have an exodus problem.
More than two dozen GOP lawmakers have already announced their decision to leave their seats at the end of the term, and the number is expected to grow in the coming weeks as lawmakers visit their families for the holidays, complicating Republican efforts to fend off a blue wave and keep their slim majority.
The reasons are numerous, and the trend is hardly new: Retirements have historically spiked for the party of the president in the midterm cycle. But the numbers are on track to reach 2018 levels — when Republicans got clobbered — and the dynamic is creating huge headaches for GOP leaders scrambling to protect President Trump from a Democratic House in his final years in office.
House GOP exits mount as gridlock deepens
House Republicans have an exodus problem. More than two dozen GOP lawmakers have already announced their decision to leave their seats at the end of the term, and the number is expected to grow in the coming weeks as lawmakers visit their families for the holidays, complicating Republican...
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