Veteran GOP Rep. Announces Retirement
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa announced he was ending his planned re-election bid in a Friday night post on X. Issa had initially elected to run for his seat after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California successfully…
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa announced he was ending his planned re-election bid in a Friday night post on X.
Issa had initially elected to run for his seat after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California successfullypushed for a new congressional map that seeks to eliminate as many as five seats currently held by Republicans before changing his mind, according to the AP. In the post, Issa said that while he was confident he could win in the re-drawn district, he’d chosen to focus on “new challenges.”
“After a quarter-century in Congress — and before that, a quarter-century in business — it’s the right time for a new chapter and new challenges,” Issa posted.
Republicans currently hold a narrow 218-214 majority in the House of Representatives, and face a difficult road to retaining their majority in the body.
Issa, a businessman who holds 37 patents according to his official biography, was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2000, serving nine terms before he initially