This week's question was, How many members of the U.S. House have announced they aren’t running for re-election in 2024?

You answered: 10 members.
The correct answer is 16.

As of Oct. 19, 16 U.S. House members have announced they will not seek re-election in 2024—the lowest number of House retirements at this point compared to the past three election cycles.

There were 21 House retirements announced at this point in the 2022 election cycle, 22 in the 2020 cycle, and 23 ahead of the 2018 elections.

The 16 retiring House members include 11 Democrats and five Republicans.

Eleven of the 15 House members not running for re-election—nine Democrats and two Republicans—are running for the Senate. Seven of them are running for open Senate seats:

• Reps. Barbara Lee (D), Katie Porter (D), and Adam Schiff (D) are running in California, where Sen. Laphonza Butler (D)—recently appointed to fill the vacancy following Dianne Feinstein’s death—*has not yet indicated whether she will run for a full term;
• Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) is running to replace Tom Carper (D) in Delaware;
• Rep. David Trone (D) is running to replace Ben Cardin (D) in Maryland;
• Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) is running to replace Debbie Stabenow (D) in Michigan; and,
• Rep. Jim Banks (R) is running to replace Mike Braun (R) in Indiana.

Four other House members are challenging incumbent Senators:

• Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) is running against Sen. Bob Menendez (D) in New Jersey;
• Rep. Alex Mooney (R) is running against Sen. Joe Manchin (D) in West Virginia;
• Rep. Rubén Gallego (D) is running against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I) in Arizona; and,
• Rep. Colin Allred (D) is running against Sen. Ted Cruz (R) in Texas.

Additionally, Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) is running for state attorney general in North Carolina. Reps. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.), Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.), Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.), and Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) are the only House incumbents who have announced their retirement from public office.

Click [List of U.S. Congress incumbents who are not running for re-election in 2024|here] to learn more about congressional incumbents who've decided not to run for re-election in 2024.

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