
As House Democratic retirements soar, McCarthy says 2022 election ‘becomes a different play’
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House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy in August predicted the current wave of House Democratic retirement announcements ahead of the 2022 midterm elections
The latest news brings to 23 the number of House Democrats who are retiring or bidding for another office rather than run for reelection in 2022, when their party tries to defend its razor-thin majority in the House amid historically unfavorable headwinds and a rough political climate. The GOP needs a net gain of just five seats in the 435-member chamber next year to regain the House majority it lost to the Democrats in the 2018 midterms.
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