As of Dec. 8, 2025, 42 incumbent members of the U.S. House of Representatives—19 Democrats and 23 Republicans—have announced that they will not seek re-election in the 2026 election cycle.
Of the 42 U.S. House incumbents who are not seeking re-election:
- Fifteen—10 Democrats and five Republicans—are retiring from public office.
- Thirteen—seven Democrats and six Republicans—are running for the U.S. Senate.
- Twelve—one Democrat and 11 Republicans—are running for governor.
- One Republican is running for state attorney general.
- One Democrat is running for Tarrant County judge.
At this point in the last four election cycles, there were 33 retirement announcements in 2024, 30 in 2022, 30 in 2020, and 33 in 2018.
Between January 2011 and December 2025, 343 U.S. House incumbents announced they would not seek re-election. During that period, an average of 22 incumbents announced their retirement plans each year.
Of every election cycle from 2012 to 2024, the 2018 election cycle had the highest number of U.S. House retirements at 50, and the 2020 election cycle had the fewest at 37.
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