Adam Kinzinger, Republican Trump Critic, Won’t Seek Re-election in House
The New York Times
Illinois Democrats eliminated Mr. Kinzinger’s district in a new congressional map. He was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald J. Trump.
WASHINGTON — Representative Adam Kinzinger, who emerged this year as one of the pre-eminent Republican critics of former President Donald J. Trump, announced Friday that he would not seek re-election in 2022.
Mr. Kinzinger’s electoral fate was largely sealed late Thursday when Illinois Democrats, in an 11th-hour vote shortly before midnight, adopted a new congressional map that eliminated the Republican-majority district Mr. Kinzinger represented for the last decade.
Mr. Kinzinger was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Mr. Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. He announced his departure from Congress in a five-minute video in which he reiterated his opposition to Mr. Trump’s influence on the Republican Party and reflected on his first congressional victory during the 2010 Tea Party wave.
