WASHINGTON—Another Republican in the House of Representatives has announced he will not be running again.
Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, wrote on social media on Feb. 6 that he will leave office after his term expires.
“I look forward to finishing my term,” wrote Amodei, who has served in Congress since 2011. “After 15 years of service, I believe it is the right time for Nevada and myself to pass the torch.”
The Nevadan’s seat, now an open battlefield ahead of June’s primary election, is considered solidly Republican by the Cook Political Report.
Amodei is the 30th House Republican incumbent to bow out of the competition before 2026.
According to a retirement tracker maintained by The Associated Press, retirements from this Congress are greatly outpacing previous recent Congresses at equivalent dates before Election Day.
So far, 21 Democrats in the House have also announced they will not be seeking reelection.
The 2022 cycle, which came midway through President Joe Biden’s term, was also marked by many retirement announcements from representatives of the president’s party.
Thirty-one House Democratic incumbents did not seek reelection that year. They were joined by 18 Republicans in the House.
In 2018, halfway through the first Trump administration, 34 House GOP incumbents did not seek reelection. 18 Democrats in the House also did not opt to run for reelection.
Amodei’s announcement comes amid a presidency that has shaken up Washington and, like most presidencies, could face a challenging midterm election cycle.
Partisan redistricting efforts across America, from Texas to California, also promise to remake the Congress.
Virginia Democrats, the decisive victors in state elections last year, released their new map on Feb. 7, weeks after a judicial ruling against it that they are appealing. If it stands, it could leave them with 10 of the state’s 11 seats in the House.
Some of the people retiring from Congress are seeking higher office.
They include Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.), now vying to become governor of Wisconsin, and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who is running for Texas Attorney General.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), meanwhile, is running for the Senate in the same state.
Texas’s new congressional map, upheld in late 2025 by the Supreme Court, places her in a new district, Texas’s 33rd, where she would have potentially faced another Democratic incumbent, Rep. Julie Johnson (D-Texas). The current representative of the 33rd, Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas), announced in December that he would not seek reelection.
Multiple House Republicans have also left office during the first year of Trump’s second presidency, including former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
