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New Hampshire’s First Congressional District Republican candidate Matt Mowers, looking to unseat vulnerable Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas, told Breitbart News that members of Congress and their immediate families should be banned from owning or trading individual stocks, with violators facing harsh penalties.

Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) on Monday said he would not seek reelection, making him the twenty-sixth House Democrat to announce plans to leave the House after the current term, putting more strain on the party’s ability to keep their slim majority.

Rep. Brenda Lawrence’s (D-MI) retirement makes her the twenty-fifth Democrat to make plans to leave the House after the current term, thus putting more doubt on the House Democrats’ ability to keep the slimming majority after the midterm in less than a year. 

Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s (D-MI) reelection chances could be in trouble, as recent polling showed a generic Democrat is ten points behind in the polls against a generic Republican in the congressional district that she is running in.

Former California Rep. Harley Rouda announced he would suspend his congressional campaign after Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) announced she would run in the same district following the state’s redistricting process.

Heading into the midterm election year — typically seen as a referendum on the president’s political party — House Democrats are flocking towards the exits instead of protecting their wafer-thin majority with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Three vulnerable Democrats announced they would not be seeking reelection to the House of Representatives within 24 hours of each other, bringing the total of House Democrats not seeking reelection to 23.

Vulnerable House Democrats residing in battleground districts have started to publicly show their frustration with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the “leadership” of chairman Rep. Sean Partick Maloney (D-NY).

Nevada Democrat Rep. Dina Titus unloaded on the state’s redistricting process during a town hall on Wednesday with the AFL-CIO union members, according to the Nevada Current.

As the twentieth Democrat announced an exit from the House of Representatives after the midterms, the party’s chances of maintaining the majority have declined, as the Republicans only need to net a quarter of those seats to win back the majority.

California Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) announced Thursday he will not seek reelection in the 2022 midterms, becoming the twentieth Democrat to leave the House and casting more doubt on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) ability to maintain the majority.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will run for reelection, hoping to extend her time in the House past the midterms next year, according to a report from CNN.

“Squad” member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) praised vulnerable Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) during a virtual town hall Thursday night with the Polk County Democratic Party, urging the attendees to “decisively” return her to office in the midterms next year.

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said he will “absolutely” be running in the 2022 midterm elections, denying growing reports and speculation of the longtime Democrat getting ready to retire.

The House Democrats and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) hopes of remaining in the majority after the midterms are dwindling as another Democrat announced he will not seek reelection next year, widening the number of powerful committee chairs abandoning the House to three.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chair Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), who has been a part of the ongoing infrastructure talks, is calling it quits on the House of Representatives and will retire after his current term in Congress.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) ambitions of keeping the Democrat majority in the House of Representatives past the midterm elections next year are dwindling as droves of vulnerable Democrats have announced they are leaving their current seat to either retire or seek a different office instead of fighting in a brutal reelection.

Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) announced he is joining the already crowded race for New York governor, challenging Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), who has had less than a year on the job since she was elevated to the position after the former embattled governor resigned earlier this year.

Republican candidate for Iowa’s Third Congressional District and state Sen. Zach Nunn (R), told Breitbart News Saturday that Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) is only loyal to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and not Iowans.

Republican candidate for Michigan’s new Seventh Congressional District, state Sen. Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte), told Breitbart News Saturday that being elected to Congress would allow him to stand up against President Joe Biden’s partisan agenda.

The NRCC expanded its list of targeted Democrats the committee hopes to flip in the upcoming midterm elections and released new campaign ads to emphasize the rising prices Americans face during Thanksgiving due to the Democrats’ reckless spending.

New York Mayor-elect Eric Adams announced on Saturday he wants longtime political ally Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi (NY) to leave the House of Representatives to join his administration as deputy mayor.

Democrat Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) launched his Senate campaign on Monday to replace retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), abandoning the Democrats in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) dwindling majority.

Long-time Democrat Representative and Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Chair Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) announced she would not seek another term, ending her nearly 30-year career in Congress next year.

Washington’s Eighth Congressional District Republican candidate Jesse Jensen blasted vulnerable Democrat Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA) on Friday for being a “rubber stamp” and voting to pass the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act, the Democrats’ reconciliation infrastructure bill.

New Hampshire’s First Congressional District candidate Republican Matt Mowers, slammed vulnerable Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) on Friday for voting to pass the $1.7 trillion Build Back Better Act, the Democrats’ reconciliation infrastructure bill.

Montana Democrat Caucus Chair, state Rep. Laurie Bishop (D-Livingston), announced Wednesday she is suspending her campaign for the state’s new congressional seat due to redistricting to run for reelection in her seat in the state House.

Long-time Democrat Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) will announce his retirement from Congress and has informed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of his decision, according to sources on Capitol Hill.

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) announced Tuesday she will not be seeking reelection for her seat in 2022, joining the growing list of Democrats calling it quits on the House.

Talks of longtime Democrat representative and Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) retiring are starting to grow as other prominent committee chairman announce retirement, and the party is losing momentum to keep their House majority in the midterms.

Former Navy SEAL and Republican Derrick Van Orden said Governor-elect Glenn Younkin’s win in Virginia “was a referendum on the failed big government socialist policies of the Biden-Harris administration.”

New York Democrat Tom Suozzi reportedly said on a Thursday call with reporters that he may run for governor, meaning he would not run for reelection in the House of Representatives.

Republican Mike Carey, a former Army officer and energy executive endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won the special election for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District on Tuesday night, according to NBC News, who projected the race at 9:31 p.m.

Jim Bognet, a former candidate for Congress and President Donald Trump appointee, told SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday this weekend that Rep. Matthew Cartwright (D-PA) is a “Pelosi Lap Dog” who needs to be voted out of office in the midterms to ultimately retire House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Texas Republican candidate Monica De La Cruz-Hernandez said flipping Texas’s 15th Congressional District and electing her as the first Republican, Hispanic woman to the district would finally give South Texas and Hispanics proper representation in Congress.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), one of ten Republican representatives to vote for the impeachment of former President Donald Trump and one of two Republicans to sit on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s partisan committee investigating the January 6 incident at the Capitol, announced his retirement Friday after the Illinois Democrats released its redistricting maps.