2018 Election Rundown: Who's Going Bigger And Who's Going Home?

As the deadline to submit paperwork to run for 2018 Senate or congressional elections nears, more than 30 lawmakers have already announced plans to retire at the end of the current term.  

An overwhelming amount of those retiring are Republicans. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., recently told CBN News he's not surprised.

“We expected to have a pretty good amount of retirements because we have a lot of members who are coming at the end of their committee chairmanships,” Ryan said. “We do six year cycles of chairmanships, and we term limit our committee chairman. And many of those members have come to the end of their chairmanships so that is something we expected, but we have great candidates that we’ve recruited to fill their spots. So we feel good about where things are.”

Below is the most up to date list of lawmakers who plan to retire, have resigned already, or will seek a different office in the new year:

Retiring Senate Republicans
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah

Retiring Senate Democrats
None thus far

Senate Republicans who have resigned or will resign
None thus far

Senate Democrats who have resigned or will resign
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota     

Retiring House Republicans
Rep. Sam Johnson, R, TX-3
Rep. Charlie Dent, R, PA-15
Rep. John Duncan, Jr. R, TN-2
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R, TX-5
Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R, KS-2
Rep. Dave Reichert, R, WA-9
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R, FL-27
Rep. Dave Trott, R, MI-11
Rep. Ted Poe, R, TX-2
Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R, NJ-2
Rep. Lamar Smith, R, TX-21
Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R, NJ-2
Rep. Ted Poe, R, TX-2
Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R, VA-6 
Rep. Joe Barton, R, TX-6 
Rep. Bill Shuster, R, PA-9
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R, SC-4
Rep. Darrell Issa, R, CA-49
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R, NJ-11
Rep. Tom Rooney, R, FL-17 

Retiring House Democrats 
Rep. Niki Tsongas, D, MA-3
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D, NH-1
Rep. Ruben Kihuen, D, NV-4
Rep. Sander Levin, D, MI-9
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D, IL-4
Rep. Gene Green, D, TX-29

House Republicans who have resigned or will resign
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R, UT-3, resigned June 30, 2017
Rep. Tim Murphy, R, PA-18, resigned October 21, 2017 
Rep. Pat Tiberi, R, OH-12, will leave by January 31, 2018
Rep. Trent Franks, R, AZ-8, will leave by January 31, 2018

House Democrats who have resigned or will resign
Rep. John Conyers, D, MI-13 resigned December 6, 2017 

House Republicans running for another office:

Senate
Rep. Lou Barletta, R, PA-11
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R, TN-7
Rep. Evan Jenkins, R, WV-3
Rep. Luke Messer, R, IN-6
Rep. Todd Rokita, R, IN-6

Governor
Rep. Diane Black, R, TN-6
Rep. Raul Labrador, R, ID-1
Rep. Kristi Noem, R, SD-AL
Rep. James Renacci, R, OH-16
Rep. Steve Pearce, R, NM-2
Rep. Rob DeSantis, R, FL-6

House Democrats Running for another office:

President
Rep. John Delaney, D, MD-6

Senate
Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D, TX-16
Rep. Jacky Rosen, D, NV-3
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D, AZ-9

Governor
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D, NM-1
Rep. Tim Walz, D, MN-1
Rep. Jared Polis, D, CO-2
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, D, HI-1