This week's question was, How many members of Congress are not running for re-election (so far)?

You answered: 33.
The correct answer was 55.

Fifty-five members of Congress are not running for re-election this year, including six of the 34 senators whose seats are up and 49 of the 435 representatives. With four states’ filing deadlines yet to pass (Florida, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Louisiana), this number could increase as the cycle continues.

Here are five things you need to know about congressional retirements in 2022:

• The 55 retiring members include 32 Democrats and 23 Republicans, accounting for 11.9% of the Democratic caucus and 8.8% of the Republican caucus.
  • The 11.9% retirement rate among Democrats is the largest since 2014 when 8.5% of Democrats did not run for re-election.
  • The 8.8% retirement rate among Republicans is the second-lowest since 2014. The only year with a lower retirement rate was 2016 when 8.6% of Republicans retired.

The table below shows Congressional retirements as a percentage of each party's total caucus members immediately following the previous election.

Retirements as percent of Democrat and Republican caucus
Cycle	Total retiring incumbents	Retiring Democrats	Retiring Democrats as percentage of caucus	Retiring Republicans	Retiring Republicans as percentage of caucus
2022	55	32	11.85%	23	8.75%
2020	40	10	3.57%	29	11.46%
2018	55	18	7.44%	37	12.63%
2016	45	19	8.12%	26	8.64%
2014	48	21	8.47%	27	9.41%

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