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Two More Democrats Announce Retirements

2022-01-19

The bad news - they're in heavy blue states (RI and CA). The good news - Langevin represents the Warwick RI area (RI - 2) of the state (read - not Providence, which my uncle once described as 'everyone's corrupt down here' when he left Manchester, NH many years ago) and McNerney (CA - 9) represents the area around Stockton, still in spitting distance of SF and fucking Berkley. I think we're now in the mid-20's of Dem rats deserting the sinking ship.
[Gateway Pundit] - Two more House Democrats on Tuesday announced they will not be seeking reelection this year.

Rhode Island Congressman James Langevin (D) announced he won’t be running for reelection after 22 years in Congress.

This is the first open seat in Rhode Island since 2010.

"I have not come to this decision lightly, but it is time for me to chart a new course, which will allow me to stay closer to home and spend more time with my family and friends," Langevin wrote in an op-ed in The Providence Journal. "And while I don’t know what’s next for me just yet, whatever I do will always be in service of Rhode Island."

Langevin, 57, did not disclose why he was retiring from Congress.

Separately on Tuesday, Democrat Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA) announced he will not be seeking reelection this year.

Posted by:Raj

#5 we are missing their ultimate objective & grand plan.
Control
Domination
"Righteousness" defined as suppressing 'supremacy' and 'rayciss' and enforcing correct thought and speech.

Any questions?

Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-01-19 23:39

#4 Every time I read of aonther one stepping out... I keep saying to myself ....There something bigger at play and we are missing their ultimate objective & grand plan.

Posted by: NN2N1 2022-01-19 23:33

#3 Red State discusses a recent Gallup Poll:

On top of that, the recent Gallup poll is showing a huge shift toward the Republicans in party preference.

However, the general stability for the full-year average obscures a dramatic shift over the course of 2021, from a nine-percentage-point Democratic advantage in the first quarter to a rare five-point Republican edge in the fourth quarter.

[…]

The GOP has held as much as a five-point advantage in a total of only four quarters since 1991. The Republicans last held a five-point advantage in party identification and leaning in early 1995, after winning control of the House of Representatives for the first time since the 1950s. Republicans had a larger advantage only in the first quarter of 1991, after the U.S. victory in the Persian Gulf War led by then-President George H.W. Bush.

Democrats start in a bad position with being the party holding the White House, which usually is a disadvantage in the midterms. But when there are a lot of retirements or people leaving going into the midterms, that makes it even worse. In 2018, when the Democrats flipped the House, Democrats won 41 seats after Republicans had 34 people retiring or seeking other offices. So that’s a very bad sign of what looks like a massive red wave coming.

Right now, Democrats hold a very slim lead on seats in the House. Republicans only need to win five seats to take the majority.

As Raj points out, some of those retirements are in safe Democrat districts. And there are Republican retirements as well, not all of which are in safe R districts. Interesting times, my dears!

Posted by: trailing wife 2022-01-19 14:36

#2 Update - twenty-eight Dems not running for reelection.

Posted by: Raj 2022-01-19 10:46

#1 Tired of being a "Galley Slave" on Pelosi's galley?

Posted by: magpie 2022-01-19 00:31

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