Georgia Republican U.S. House member Barry Loudermilk, who has been active in efforts to discredit Democratic-led investigations into the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, announced Wednesday that he won't seek reelection this year.

Loudermilk has served in Congress since 2015. He is part of a wave of incumbents exiting the House. So far, 50 are stepping down or running for some other office.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/geor...33688.html

No denying that a lot of those 50 29 expect the GOP to lose its majority and don’t want to stick around for the next act.

We’ll see. Most of them represent districts that would vote for a proverbial ham sandwich over any Democrat. And elections have a knack for turning out differently than expected (in ways both good and bad).

But even if Speaker Jeffries takes the gavel 11 months from now… so what? The alternative was living under Harris/Walz for 4 years, possibly longer. No thank you.

And while a Democrat House would certainly be bad for the GOP, and would put the skids on any productive legislation for 2 years, I have a feeling that Trump, personally, would find Jeffries and his minions a useful antagonist. Trump enjoys conflict; I think he actually prefers it to cooperation.

Now replace this whiner with a warrior who loathes the air Democrats waste. We are done with Democrats!

We are at war. Democrats are the enemy. If you support Democrats you are a traitor for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

Is it my imagination or are mass retirements more common for republicans than dems when they sense a coming loss of majority?

I know dems do this too but it seems like you have much bigger numbers of republicans doing this.

Yahoo writers cant read, and it caused Gitanole to look like a fool.

There arent 50 republicans leaving.

A total of 50 house members are not running for reelection. 21 are democrats.

(02-05-2026 09:20 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Yahoo writers cant read, and it caused Gitanole to look like a fool.

There arent 50 republicans leaving.

A total of 50 house members are not running for reelection. 21 are democrats.

Good catch. I admit I didn’t even click on the link, and I really had no idea how many are not running again.

I still think the rest of my comment is true, though.

(02-05-2026 09:42 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(02-05-2026 09:20 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Yahoo writers cant read, and it caused Gitanole to look like a fool.

There arent 50 republicans leaving.

A total of 50 house members are not running for reelection. 21 are democrats.

Good catch. I admit I didn’t even click on the link, and I really had no idea how many are not running again.

I still think the rest of my comment is true, though.

This is why people who try to act like news organizations cant be taken seriously. You should have writer and reporters who are familiar with the subject matter at hand. Then you would have editors who would double check to make sure they didnt fly off the rails.

Most of us wouldnt have been fooled by this, because we dont get our news from Yahoo. Yahoo doesnt care if they are right or wrong, and the left who reads yahoo will swallow it and just go with it.

(02-05-2026 07:33 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  Is it my imagination or are mass retirements more common for republicans than dems when they sense a coming loss of majority?

I know dems do this too but it seems like you have much bigger numbers of republicans doing this.

I think it has more to do with Republicans have skills outside of being a politician and can make more money honestly in the "Real World", and Democrats can't. Example: Kamala Harris, Tim Walz.

(02-05-2026 09:20 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Yahoo writers cant read, and it caused Gitanole to look like a fool.

There arent 50 republicans leaving.

A total of 50 house members are not running for reelection. 21 are democrats.

Sounds about right. Currently, its hardly set in stone that Democrats will control Congress after the mid-terms. I would note Congress---and Democrats in general---are FAR less popular than Trump----and the biggest Democrat key issues are even LESS popular with the people. At this point, at worst its a toss up for the Republicans once you start really looking at the issues that will eventually determine the voting behavior of the public.

(02-05-2026 10:32 AM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:  

(02-05-2026 07:33 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  Is it my imagination or are mass retirements more common for republicans than dems when they sense a coming loss of majority?

I know dems do this too but it seems like you have much bigger numbers of republicans doing this.

I think it has more to do with Republicans have skills outside of being a politician and can make more money honestly in the "Real World", and Democrats can't. Example: Kamala Harris, Tim Walz.

Thats a good point and very true.

(02-05-2026 11:54 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-05-2026 09:20 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Yahoo writers cant read, and it caused Gitanole to look like a fool.

There arent 50 republicans leaving.

A total of 50 house members are not running for reelection. 21 are democrats.

Sounds about right. Currently, its hardly set in stone that Democrats will control Congress after the mid-terms. I would note Congress---and Democrats in general---are FAR less popular than Trump----and the biggest Democrat key issues are even LESS popular with the people. At this point, at worst its a toss up for the Republicans once you start really looking at the issues that will eventually determine the voting behavior of the public.

That noted scholar James Carville disagrees. He said the other day that the Dems will gain at least 25 seats in November, and maybe up to 45.

We'll see. I think Carville is full of it.

50 isn't out of the norm. There's typically 30-50 who choose not to seek reelection each cycle. Heck, I remember one cycle in the 90's when it was 60+

(02-05-2026 12:40 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-05-2026 11:54 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-05-2026 09:20 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Yahoo writers cant read, and it caused Gitanole to look like a fool.

There arent 50 republicans leaving.

A total of 50 house members are not running for reelection. 21 are democrats.

Sounds about right. Currently, its hardly set in stone that Democrats will control Congress after the mid-terms. I would note Congress---and Democrats in general---are FAR less popular than Trump----and the biggest Democrat key issues are even LESS popular with the people. At this point, at worst its a toss up for the Republicans once you start really looking at the issues that will eventually determine the voting behavior of the public.

That noted scholar James Carville disagrees. He said the other day that the Dems will gain at least 25 seats in November, and maybe up to 45.

We'll see. I think Carville is full of it.

check out his "Kamala will be president" predictions...

I havent checked out the Halperin podcast lately, but at least he was being honest about how things were going during the election. He didnt like it, and wanted kamala and the dems to win, but he was telling it like it was. (and warning the dems in charge that they were going to lose bigly.)

(02-05-2026 11:54 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-05-2026 09:20 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Yahoo writers cant read, and it caused Gitanole to look like a fool.

There arent 50 republicans leaving.

A total of 50 house members are not running for reelection. 21 are democrats.

Sounds about right. Currently, its hardly set in stone that Democrats will control Congress after the mid-terms. I would note Congress---and Democrats in general---are FAR less popular than Trump----and the biggest Democrat key issues are even LESS popular with the people. At this point, at worst its a toss up for the Republicans once you start really looking at the issues that will eventually determine the voting behavior of the public.

Agree. Plus, its a long time until November.

Another Dem "gotcha" thread that ended up making the OP look foolish. It never gets old.

(02-05-2026 12:40 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-05-2026 11:54 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-05-2026 09:20 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Yahoo writers cant read, and it caused Gitanole to look like a fool.

There arent 50 republicans leaving.

A total of 50 house members are not running for reelection. 21 are democrats.

Sounds about right. Currently, its hardly set in stone that Democrats will control Congress after the mid-terms. I would note Congress---and Democrats in general---are FAR less popular than Trump----and the biggest Democrat key issues are even LESS popular with the people. At this point, at worst its a toss up for the Republicans once you start really looking at the issues that will eventually determine the voting behavior of the public.

That noted scholar James Carville disagrees. He said the other day that the Dems will gain at least 25 seats in November, and maybe up to 45.

We'll see. I think Carville is full of it.

We are way too gerrymandered. I don't see either party getting more than 250 without a major scandal (that would mean 35 is Dem max gain). Or...too aggressive gerrymandering that put safe seats at risk. Its possible Dems have big gains. I think its also possible the Republicans gain about 15 seats. The Democratic party brand is WAAAYYYY underwater.

It’s actually 49….

28 Republicans
21 Democrats

Never expect the truth from a Leftist

https://apnews.com/projects/2026-congres...s-tracker/