List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020

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This page lists the incumbent members of the 116th U.S. Congress who did not run for re-election in the 2020 congressional elections for both U.S. Senate and U.S. House. Four U.S. senators and 36 U.S. representatives are not running for re-election.

U.S. Senate members

Incumbents who retired from public office

  • Democratic Party 1 Democrat
  • Republican Party 3 Republicans
Retiring from public office, 2020
Name Party State Date announced
Lamar Alexander Republican Party Republican Tennessee December 17, 2018
Mike Enzi Republican Party Republican Wyoming May 4, 2019
Pat Roberts Republican Party Republican Kansas January 4, 2019
Tom Udall Democratic Party Democratic New Mexico March 25, 2019

U.S. House members

Thirty-six representatives did not seek re-election to their U.S. House seats (not including those who left office early):

  • Democratic Party 9 Democratic members of the U.S. House
  • Republican Party 26 Republican members of the U.S. House
  • Libertarian Party 1 Libertarian member of the U.S. House

The chart below shows the number of announced retirements by party over time beginning in January 2019.

Incumbents who retired from public office

  • Democratic Party 5 Democratic members of the U.S. House
  • Republican Party 20 Republican members of the U.S. House
  • Libertarian Party 1 Libertarian member of the U.S. House
Retiring from public office, 2020
Name Party Seat Date announced
Rob Woodall Republican Party Republican Georgia's 7th February 7, 2019
Jose Serrano Democratic Party Democratic New York's 15th March 25, 2019
Dave Loebsack Democratic Party Democratic Iowa's 2nd April 12, 2019
Susan Brooks Republican Party Republican Indiana's 5th June 14, 2019
Paul Mitchell Republican Party Republican Michigan's 10th July 24, 2019
Pete Olson Republican Party Republican Texas' 22nd July 25, 2019
Martha Roby Republican Party Republican Alabama's 2nd July 26, 2019
Mike Conaway Republican Party Republican Texas' 11th July 30, 2019
Will Hurd Republican Party Republican Texas' 23rd August 1, 2019
Kenny Marchant Republican Party Republican Texas' 24th August 5, 2019
John Shimkus Republican Party Republican Illinois' 15th August 30, 2019
Bill Flores Republican Party Republican Texas' 17th September 4, 2019
Susan Davis Democratic Party Democratic California's 53rd September 4, 2019
Jim Sensenbrenner Republican Party Republican Wisconsin's 5th September 4, 2019
Mac Thornberry Republican Party Republican Texas' 13th September 30, 2019
Nita Lowey Democratic Party Democratic New York's 17th October 10, 2019
Francis Rooney Republican Party Republican Florida's 19th October 19, 2019
Greg Walden Republican Party Republican Oregon's 2nd October 28, 2019
Peter Visclosky Democratic Party Democratic Indiana's 1st November 6, 2019
Peter King Republican Party Republican New York's 2nd November 11, 2019
George Holding Ends.png Republican North Carolina's 2nd December 6, 2019
Ted Yoho Ends.png Republican Florida's 3rd December 10, 2019
Mark Walker Ends.png Republican North Carolina's 6th December 16, 2019
Phil Roe Ends.png Republican Tennessee's 1st January 3, 2020
Ralph Abraham Ends.png Republican Louisiana's 5th February 26, 2020
Justin Amash Specialsession.png Libertarian Michigan's 3rd July 16, 2020

Incumbents who sought other offices

U.S. House members who ran for President

  • Democratic Party 1 Democratic member of the U.S. House
Running for president, 2020
Name Party Seat Date announced
Tulsi Gabbard Democratic Party Democratic Hawaii's 2nd October 25, 2019

U.S. House members who sought a seat in the U.S. Senate

  • Democratic Party 2 Democratic members of the U.S. House
  • Republican Party 3 Republican members of the U.S. House
Running for Senate, 2020
Name Party Seat Date announced
Bradley Byrne Republican Party Republican Alabama's 1st February 20, 2019
Ben Ray Lujan Democratic Party Democratic New Mexico's 3rd April 1, 2019
Roger Marshall Republican Party Republican Kansas' 1st September 7, 2019
Joseph Kennedy III Democratic Party Democratic Massachusetts' 4th September 21, 2019
Doug Collins Republican Party Republican Georgia's 9th January 29, 2020

U.S. House members who ran for governor

  • Republican Party 1 Republican member of the U.S. House
Running for governor, 2020
Name Party Seat Date announced
Greg Gianforte Republican Party Republican Montana At-Large June 6, 2019

U.S. House members who ran for another office

  • Republican Party 2 Republican members of the U.S. House
  • Democratic Party 1 Democratic member of the U.S. House
Running for another office, 2020
Name Party Seat Date announced
Paul Cook Republican Party Republican California's 8th September 17, 2019
Denny Heck[1] Electiondot.png Democratic Washington's 10th April 9, 2020
Rob Bishop[2] Republican Party Republican Utah's 1st January 16, 2020


Congressional incumbents who left office early or announced resignations

Note: The individuals in the list below were not included in our total number of Congressional retirements above. In most cases, replacements were sworn in before the 2020 elections.

Left office early, 2019-2020
Name Party Office Date left office
Tom Marino Republican Party Republican Pennsylvania's 12th January 23, 2019
Walter B. Jones[3] Republican Party Republican North Carolina's 3rd February 10, 2019
Sean Duffy Republican Party Republican Wisconsin' 7th September 23, 2019
Chris Collins Republican Party Republican New York's 27th October 1, 2019
Elijah Cummings Democratic Party Democratic Maryland's 7th October 17, 2019
Katie Hill Democratic Party Democratic California's 25th November 1, 2019
Johnny Isakson Republican Party Republican U.S. Senate, Georgia December 31, 2019
Duncan Hunter[4] Ends.png Republican California's 50th January 13, 2020
Mark Meadows[5] Ends.png Republican North Carolina's 11th March 30, 2020
John Ratcliffe[6] Ends.png Republican Texas' 4th May 22, 2020
John Lewis[7] Democratic Party Democratic Georgia's 5th July 17, 2020
Tom Graves[8] Ends.png Republican Georgia's 14th October 4, 2020


Analysis

The average margin of victory in the previous election cycle for House incumbents not running for re-election in 2020 was 28.7 percent. That figure is a decrease from both 2018 (29.7 percent) and 2016 (34.1 percent).

Ballotpedia noted the margin of victory in the previous election of U.S. House incumbents who did not run for re-election from 2016 to 2020. This data is shown in the chart below.

The average margin of victory in all U.S. House races in 2018 was 30.2 percent and in 2016 was 36.6 percent.

Note: This data for this analysis includes six members who announced they were not running for re-election in the 2018 cycle prior to their resigning from the House of Representatives.

Historical comparison

The following table includes figures on Democratic and Republican members of Congress who either left office during their term or announced that they would not seek re-election for each election year since 2012.

Outgoing members of Congress, 2012-2020
Year Chamber Democrats not seeking re-election Republicans not seeking re-election Total not seeking re-election Democrats leaving office early Republicans leaving office early Total leaving office early
2020
U.S. Senate 1 3 4 0 1 1
U.S. House 9 26 36[9] 3 8 11
Total 10 29 40 3 9 12
2018
U.S. Senate 0 3 3 1 2 3
U.S. House 18 34 52 3 14 17
Total 18 37 55 4 16 20
2016
U.S. Senate 3 2 5 0 0 0
U.S. House 16 24 40 2 5 7
Total 19 26 45 2 5 7
2014
U.S. Senate 5 2 7 3 2 5
U.S. House 16 25 41 3 6 9
Total 21 27 48 6 8 14
2012
U.S. Senate 6 3 10[10] 0 0 0
U.S. House 23 20 43 4 1 5
Total 29 23 53 4 1 5

The following chart compares the number of Democrats and Republicans in Congress who did not seek re-election between 2012 and 2020.

Congressional retirements by month, 2011-2020

See also: Congressional retirements by month, 2011-2020

Between 2011 and July 2020, Ballotpedia tracked 243 retirement announcements from members of the U.S. House and Senate. January had the highest number of retirement announcements at 45. Thirty-one of those took place during election years and 14 during odd-number years. The fewest announcements took place in June at eight—six during off years and two during election years.

Hover over the bars in the chart below to see the number of even- and odd-year retirement announcements by month.

February and November had the second-highest total announcements at 27 each. Sixteen February announcements occurred during an election year and 11 during an off year. Most November announcements—24—took place during off years. The three November election year announcements were for the following election cycle.

August and October saw the second-fewest announcements after June at 11 each. All of those except for one August announcement occurred during off years.

Retirement announcements by month and year

The following table shows retirement announcements by month and by year. Click on a month to sort the table in ascending or descending order by that month.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Heck announced December 4, 2019, that he would not run for re-election. The New York Times, "Denny Heck, a Washington Democrat, Won’t Seek House Re-election," December 4, 2019
  2. ↑ Bishop announced in July 2019 that he would retire from Congress.
  3. ↑ Jones died while in office on February 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ Gavin Newsom (D) announced January 8, 2020, he would not schedule a special election to fill the seat. Roll Call, "California governor declines to call a special election to replace Duncan Hunter," January 8, 2020
  5. ↑ Meadows announced December 19, 2019, he would not seek re-election. On March 6, 2020, President Donald Trump announced he was appointing Meadows to be White House chief of staff. USA Today, "North Carolina's Mark Meadows will leave Congress early for White House post," March 6, 2020
  6. ↑ The Dallas Morning News, "Divided Senate confirms Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence," May 21, 2020
  7. ↑ Lewis died while in office on July 17, 2020.
  8. ↑ Graves announced December 5, 2019, he would not seek re-election. On September 11, 2020, he announced he would resign in October. Roll Call, "Georgia Rep. Tom Graves to resign, effective October," September 11, 2020
  9. ↑ Includes Rep. Justin Amash (L), who did not seek re-election.
  10. ↑ Figure includes Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).
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