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Congressional incumbents not seeking re-election

The tables below list the incumbent members of the U.S. Congress who are not seeking re-election in the 2020 congressional elections. As of May 22, 2020, 47 U.S. representatives and five senators are not running for re-election. Content will be updated on a regular basis, typically once a week, unless no new retirements are announced.

House

Representative	Tenure	District	Committee	Status	Announced
Abraham, Ralph (R)	6 years	IA-05	Agriculture Armed Services		26-Feb-20
Amash, Justin (L)	10 years	MI-03		Ended presidential run, could run for reelection as an independent	29-Apr-20
Bishop, Rob (R)	18 years	UT-01	Natural Resources (Ranking) Armed Services	Originally retired outright, now a candidate for Utah Lt. Governor	29-Jul-19
Brooks, Susan (R)	8 years	IN-05	Energy and Commerce Modernization of Congress		14-Jun-19
Byrne, Bradley (R)	7 years	AL-01	Armed Services Education and Labor	Running for Senate	28-Feb-19
Collins, Doug (R)	8 years	GA-9	Judiciary (Ranking)	Running for Senate	29-Jan-20
Conaway, Mike (R)	16 years	TX-11	Agriculture (Ranking) Armed Services Intelligence		31-Jul-19
Cook, Paul (R)	8 years	CA-08	Armed Services Natural Resources	Running for San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors	17-Sep-19
Davis, Susan (D)	20 years	CA-53	Armed Services Education and Labor House Administration		4-Sep-19
Flores, Bill (R)	10 years	TX-17	Energy and Commerce Budget		4-Sep-19
Gabbard, Tulsi (D)	8 years	HI-02	Armed Services Financial Services	Running for President (forgoing chance to file for re-elect by June)	25-Oct-19
Gianforte, Greg (R)	3 years	MT-AL	Energy and Commerce	Running for Governor	10-Jun-19
Graves, Tom (R)	11 years	GA-14	Appropriations Modernization of Congress		5-Dec-19
Heck, Denny (D)	8 years	WA-10	Financial Services	Running for Washington Lt. Governor	4-Dec-19
Holding, George (R)	8 years	NC-02	Ways and Means Budget Ethics		6-Dec-19
Hurd, Will (R)	6 years	TX-23	Appropriations Intelligence		1-Aug-19
Kennedy III, Joe (D)	8 years	MA-04	Energy and Commerce	Running for Senate	23-Sep-19
King, Peter (R)	28 years	NY-02	Homeland Security Financial Services		11-Nov-19
Lipinski, Dan (D)	16 years	IL-03	Science, Space, and Technology	Lost primary election	17-Mar-20
Loebsack, Dave (D)	14 years	IA-02	Energy and Commerce		15-Apr-19
Lowey, Nita (D)	32 years	NY-17	Appropriations (Chair)		10-Oct-19
Lujan, Ben Ray (D)	12 years	NM-03	Energy and Commerce Climate Crisis	Running for Senate	2-Apr-19
Marchant, Kenny (R)	16 years	TX-24	Ways and Means Ethics (Ranking)		5-Aug-19
Marshall, Roger (R)	4 years	KS-01	Agriculture Science, Space, and Technology	Running for Senate	7-Sep-19
Mitchell, Paul (R)	4 years	MI-10	Armed Services Transportation and Infrastructure		24-Jul-19
Olson, Pete (R)	12 years	TX-22	Energy and Commerce Science, Space, and Technology		25-Jul-19
Roby, Martha (R)	10 years	AL-02	Appropriations Judiciary		26-Jul-19
Roe, Phil (R)	12 years	TN-01	Education and Labor Veterans' Affairs		3-Jan-20
Rooney, Francis (R)	4 years	FL-19	Foreign Affairs Science, Space, and Technology		19-Oct-19
Sensenbrenner, Jim (R)	42 years	WI-05	Foreign Affairs Judiciary		4-Sep-19
Serrano, Jose (D)	31 years	NY-15	Appropriations		25-Mar-19
Shimkus, John (R)	24 years	IL-15	Energy and Commerce		30-Aug-19
Thornberry, Mac (R)	26 years	TX-13	Armed Services (Ranking)		30-Sep-19
Visclosky, Peter (D)	36 years	IN-01	Appropriations		6-Nov-19
Walden, Greg (R)	22 years	OR-02	Energy and Commerce (Ranking)		28-Oct-19
Walker, Mark (R)	6 years	NC-06	Homeland Security House Administration		17-Dec-19
Woodall, Rob (R)	10 years	GA-07	Budget Transportation and Infrastructure Modernization of Congress		7-Feb-19
Yoho, Ted (R)	8 years	FL-03	Agriculture Foreign Affairs		10-Dec-19

House Members Who Have Vacated Office

Representative	Tenure	District	Status	Announced
Collins, Chris (R)	7 years	NY-27	Resigned 9-30-19; special election 6-23-20 (new date due to COVID-19)	30-Sept-19
Cummings, Elijah (D)	23 years	MD-07	Passed away on 10-17-2019; Kweise Mfumi (D) elected on 4-28-20	17-Oct-19
Duffy, Sean (R)	9 years	WI-07	Resigned 9-23-19; Tom Tiffany (R) elected 5-12-20	26-Aug-19
Hill, Katie (D)	1 year	CA-25	Resigned 11-1-19; Mike Garcia (R) elected 5-12-2020 [Party Flip]	27-Oct-19
Hunter, Duncan (R)	11 years	CA-50	Resigned, effective 1-13-2020; no special election to be called	6-Dec-19
Jones, Walter (R)	24 years	NC-03	Died on 2-10-19; replaced by Greg Murphy on 9-10-19	10-Feb-19
Marino, Tom (R)	8 years	PA-12	Resigned 1-23-19; replaced by Fred Keller 5-21-19	17-Jan-19
Meadows, Mark (R)	8 years	NC-11	Had already announced retirement; resigned 3-31-20 to become Trump Chief of Staff; special election TBD	19-Dec-19
Ratcliffe, John (R)	5 years	TX-04	Confirmed to be Director of National Intelligence; no special election	21-May-20

Senate

Senator	Tenure	State	Committee	Announced
Alexander, Lamar (R)	18 years	TN	HELP (Chair) Appropriations Energy and Natural Resources Rules	17-Dec-18
Enzi, Mike (R)	24 years	WY	Budget (Chair) Finance HELP Homeland Security Joint Taxation	4-May-19
Roberts, Pat (R)	24 years	KS	Agriculture (Chair) Finance HELP Rules Ethics	4-Jan-19
Udall, Tom (D)	16 years	NM	Indian Affairs (Ranking) Appropriations Foreign Relations Commerce, Science, and Transportation Rules	25-Mar-19

Senate Members Who Have Vacated Office

Senator	Tenure	District	Committee	Status	Announced
Isakson, Johnny (R)	16 years	GA	Veterans' Affairs (Chair) Finance Foreign Relations HELP Ethics (Chair)	Resigned 12-31-2019; Kelly Loeffler to be appointed.	28-Aug-19

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