2024 Congressional Retirement Tracker
UPDATED January 5, 2024An overview of members of Congress who have declared or could potentially announce their retirements before the 2024 general election.
Democratic retirements for 2024 outpace Republican retirements
Seven members of the 118th Congress left, or plan to leave, office before the end of their term
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE)
- Sasse resigned from office on January 8, 2023, to become president of the University of Florida
- Succeeded by Pete Ricketts
Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI-1)
- Former Democratic representative from the state of Rhode Island
- First assumed office in 2011, Cicilline resigned on June 1, 2023, to become CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation
Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT-2)
- Stewart announced his intentions to resign from office on September 15, 2023
- Stewart cited his wife’s health as the reason for his decision
Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY-26)
- First elected to the House in 2005 for New York’s 27th district
- Higgins is stepping down from Congress to become the President of Shea’s Performing Arts Center in Buffalo
Rep. George Santos (R-NY-3)
- The House voted to expel Santos from Congress on December 1, 2023 after a congressional ethics probe and multiple criminal charges
- Santos became the sixth member to be expelled from the House
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-12)
- Former House Speaker who became the first in history to be ousted from the role by far-right representatives
- McCarthy announced he would retire at the end of 2023 to “serve America in new ways”
Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH-6)
- First elected to represent Ohio’s 6th district in 2010
- Retiring from Congress to serve as President of Youngstown University
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