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But I had this feeling that this was the best I had ever seen him in both these roles. I think this was a role that he could only play now with this level of experience at this age. And I’m just so incredibly proud of him.” — in an Associated Press interview. Coogler was nominated as both director and producer."},{"level":2,"_id":"OQ5Y2XEI35CWBLWKH663QSTY4Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Chase Infiniti, for “One Battle After Another”"},{"_id":"VKLS6NVSKBH3DBOHBLI4ACWFSM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"I happened to wake up at 5:30. I went to check my phone and my phone was dead. So then I was trying to figure out how to get a charger and charge my phone before I could even get into contact with my family or with my team. ... I feel so lucky that I get the opportunity to to tell an incredible story like this one. I feel so lucky to be where I am at 25, and I’m in the midst of living my dream. 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Seven hundred people came together to make this movie from literally all over. I think we have 25 countries represented in the folks that worked on this film. And they put their hearts and souls into it and created something that I’m just so immensely proud of. And and we really did it together.” "},{"_id":"GFI2P6OSZBHWXBOPVY45WRXTXE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"HOWARD: “There’s this great electricity in the air ever since the film came out and just the excitement ... I’ve done films in the past that people have not gone to see in droves, and it’s much better to have people go see it in droves, and call you up and tell you. So just to say thank you, for people going out and seeing it.” —- in AP interviews. 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Eric Swalwell, D-Calif."},{"_id":"Q4AWGLKQHREKRAIN4QOD5LE7ZM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Nov. 21, 2025"},{"_id":"5Q7IVNYT45DBZA2XFQYHYCDEPY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for governor"},{"_id":"HSB6XITTVFFL5EJB5CPX64QPGM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"A former presidential candidate, Swalwell joined a crowded race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Swalwell, who also served as a House manager in Trump’s first impeachment trial, has represented a northern district that falls east of San Francisco since 2013. His current district’s boundary lines will change slightly due to mid cycle redistricting approved by voters last month, but remains heavily Democratic."},{"level":2,"_id":"6GED7GHY3NHIBEOTVNQOT436QY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. 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She cited the need for generational change in her announcement."},{"level":2,"_id":"4EKEDLLOQJBBHO45XSHIV2N6QA","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas"},{"_id":"7KTCHKOQLNDRDCJVZZQZURF6UI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Nov. 11, 2025"},{"_id":"GXQWO22VHRDDDEKHN7GUPSG5T4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Retiring"},{"_id":"BWEXXYM3WZA5NK4SVPFXVG2SQY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Despite already receiving Trump’s endorsement for his reelection campaign, Arrington announced shortly after the 2025 general election that he would be retiring from Congress. Arrington, a fiscal hawk, is the chair of the House Budget Committee and played a key role in passing Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a large-scale tax and spending bill. He was first elected to a sprawling conservative Texas district that contains Lubbock and Abilene in 2016."},{"level":2,"_id":"IXLVH3J3VRDYBM3AIBJHRBLGZQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J."},{"_id":"UZ5VDYHZC5GN5NR6DYOSSYHS4Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Nov. 10, 2025"},{"_id":"6TFITL3USRGIVM6HORENIH2BIM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Retiring"},{"_id":"D6W3KFK6ZFGFNDLASFVM4H2GYM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"A fixture in New Jersey politics, Watson Coleman announced her sixth term would be her last. The first Black woman elected to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House, Watson Coleman has served the district around the state capital of Trenton and the tony college town of Princeton sine 2014, after spending almost two decades representing part of the region in the state legislature. Her seat votes reliably Democratic."},{"level":2,"_id":"22EYAQFYUZCH5GTWQI2NZ2CCLA","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y."},{"_id":"5NLKOU4PSZFOZMUEEODQPCP4AY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Nov. 7, 2025"},{"_id":"FUOZCBGO55C2LLPLSWK7YBVHAA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for governor"},{"_id":"ZFFLEDKWMBCN3D42KMVRDGY4FA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Stefanik madę her challenge to Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul official shortly after the 2025 general election. Stefanik was just 30 years old when she was elected to represent a conservative upstate New York district in 2014. She rose to be the third-ranking House Republican, shedding her earlier reputation as a moderate as she embraced Trump. She was nominated to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations earlier this year, but her nomination was withdrawn over concerns about Republicans’ narrow House majority. Since then, she has more openly discussed her displeasure with the Republican conference, and specifically House Speaker Mike Johnson."},{"level":2,"_id":"SQHXYIQ3FBHSNJ3RLIGX7WRGEA","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Jesús García, D-Ill."},{"_id":"ZVXAIKUNKJEMBARMPA6RWIZJOU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Nov. 6, 2025"},{"_id":"SFXCDYXWLFE2NJPW5ZW5WSXKJ4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for governor"},{"_id":"EDIU56G7KRHIBCJHZXIWVHUSZ4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Garcia turned in nominating petitions for the 2026 primary in October but confirmed right when the filing period ended that he would not seek a seventh term in his western Chicago seat. His late announcement left only one other candidate who had submitted the necessary paperwork: his chief of staff. The eyebrow-raising maneuver led the House to reprimand Garcia last month. Garcia cited the health of himself and his wife, who has multiple sclerosis, as among the reasons for why he would not seek reelection."},{"level":2,"_id":"IX5BMYJKABEHDCIFRCXD35UQSU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif."},{"_id":"AC6MFMV5CRAKXENXETAN2HBPB4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Nov. 6, 2025"},{"_id":"EYPOVWUM4NF5NHWJOSCJIML44U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Retiring"},{"_id":"2UQC4F7CIBGBTICKKDFEOUS5BE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The first female Speaker of the House announced her storied career in Congress would come to an end after nearly 40 years in office. Pelosi represented San Francisco but made her mark on the national stage, ushering through impactful legislation like the Affordable Care Act and keeping an unruly Democratic caucus in line throughout the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. She played key roles in both impeaching Trump and encouraging Biden to end his 2024 reelection campaign."},{"level":2,"_id":"J7WVPXQDMFFYTI5QKQKVLB2WGU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine"},{"_id":"7OQZ4OWP65HDZJZVSKUINLL66Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Nov. 5, 2025"},{"_id":"DHIG5LJVPVGO7FHQAIITGGGJTA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Retiring"},{"_id":"O5YSFVGN6ZAOPEZSFTYDA6ISQM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"After a half-decade of narrow reelections, Golden announced he would be stepping down from one of the most competitive districts in the country. He cited incivility in Congress and threats against his family in a piece in the Bangor Daily News announcing his retirement. Golden, first elected in 2018, is one of the most moderate Democrats in Congress and has shown his willingness to break with his party on issues ranging from impeaching Trump to reopening the government during this fall’s shutdown."},{"level":2,"_id":"BMYZ7Z7EJ5FDZBZIX7ZWBR3MDQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa"},{"_id":"25U4NQOK5JHNZJQ7PO75DMNL6E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Oct. 28, 2025"},{"_id":"BNRPQ72YCVBQVOBR2OX2VZPZVU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for governor"},{"_id":"JCK6YDUTDVEUXMGDZKTGAUJWWQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Iowa’s congressional delegation is reshuffling in light of surprise announcements from Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Joni Ernst that neither was seeking reelection in 2026. Between Reynolds’ April announcement and Feenstra’s official announcement, the representative announced millions of dollars in fundraising. Feenstra has represented the state’s northwest quadrant since 2021, after he toppled controversial incumbent Rep. Steve King in the primary. Feenstra’s district is among the most conservative in the state, though Democrats have a few other races they’re eying."},{"level":2,"_id":"TY25IPHIN5CILPJKPCEUH3KQFI","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Seth. Moulton, D-Mass."},{"_id":"PP4W7BADVZGDRB63SL7QHH2L2I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Oct. 15, 2025"},{"_id":"VTNWFZILUVDXFGMG67DVXF6BWU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for Senate"},{"_id":"5OJSUMQMDBDQRB5W537THQ6HCI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The six-term representative cited the need for generational change in announcing his challenge to Sen. Ed Markey. Moulton currently represents the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, and has drawn nominal opposition in his heavily Democratic district. Markey beat back a similar challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy in 2020."},{"level":2,"_id":"J3L6EJUCPZGOVNP3PHQQLQPSJY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas"},{"_id":"4ISCDBNLZNFIVICTPCFXH4ZRHI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Oct. 6, 2025"},{"_id":"Y5B56LPG5NEBNN27RGRVYAD6OQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for Senate"},{"_id":"JVMKMKOSKFHGTNZX24U7LL5X3A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Hunt drew ire from Senate Republican leadership for taking on Sen. John Cornyn in what party leaders fear will become an expensive, messy primary. Cornyn’s cool relationship with Trump has drawn another candidate beyond the two-term Houston-area congressman, controversial Texas attorney general Ken Paxton. Both are running on their relationship to Trump. Hunt’s runs deep: He was the first Republican to endorse him after the former president’s 2022 comeback campaign announcement, and he gave a prime-time speech on opening night of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. He also campaigned 17 times for Trump in 2024, more than any other Republican surrogate."},{"level":2,"_id":"2OF6WJPKWZGFLJJVZ5JH5DEWTQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz."},{"_id":"QKY7CRO6SFAYTIQ6SE3SPZVFO4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Sept. 30, 2025"},{"_id":"WEAATP3KLJCFNANE3OPQHQFAJA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for governor"},{"_id":"RKN2J7DKP5G35E6RUEU77ONOQE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Schweikert cited the dysfunction in the Congress as motivation for seeking the governorship. First elected to the U.S. House in 2010, Schweikert has in recent years won incredibly narrow reelection campaigns in his suburban Phoenix district. Democrats are again targeting his seat in 2026. A budget hawk, Schweikert has consistently backed Trump’s agenda. Still, according to his campaign consultant, he hopped into a Republican field against the White House’s wishes that already included two Trump-backed candidates, housing developer Karrin Taylor Robson and House Freedom Caucus member U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs. The winner will take on Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs."},{"level":2,"_id":"PEASGCT2NZH5BH2Q24GWC3465E","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Thomas Tiffany, R-Wis."},{"_id":"UHMCR3VCVJAUVD67GIT4KQPZIQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Sept. 23, 2025"},{"_id":"CPG6RDA3V5F3FIRIL2VWLLKW6E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for governor"},{"_id":"GZAJJWUE2FEUJLILU6Q6BAGDD4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Tiffany announced he would join one of the most competitive governor’s races in the country after serving three terms in Congress. The office held by term-limited Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has been hotly contested in the last few cycles. The Trump loyalist received the president’s endorsement in all of his previous campaigns for the U.S. House, but Trump has not yet made an endorsement in the Republican primary. Tiffany’s district, which includes a large swath of the state’s rural north, consistently supports Republicans."},{"level":2,"_id":"4K3TQMCTXRDU7L3CLPGQY2CWDY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas"},{"_id":"6WADC462PZF5FLRS7BRMFKOPQI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Sept. 14, 2025"},{"_id":"K2JFK62UYJFWFPRKVOKUL3NDPI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Retiring"},{"_id":"4FX6TKUEJRDPVLWBXAVMVIY32Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"McCaul offered an ominous warning about Russian aggression when he announced his retirement in an interview earlier this year. A former anti-terrorism prosecutor and past chairman of the House Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs committees, McCaul, is part of an older generation of foreign policy hawks who’ve tried to counter a younger crop of Republicans who are more skeptical about U.S. intervention elsewhere in the world. McCaul was first elected in 2004. His district, which stretches from Houston to Austin, consistently backs Republican candidates."},{"level":2,"_id":"E2KKXW77MRFVVGNHONCVW6CCQY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas"},{"_id":"M32WND4HAZHDLPJUBL7WTP575I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Sept. 11, 2025"},{"_id":"FEXR3AQJRFFQBNX57ZJYS2VIDY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Retiring"},{"_id":"U4HML35LKNAIHEIQIURPOOTPYY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The Houston-area congressman announced his second term would be his last, marking yet another departure for the Texas GOP congressional delegation. Luttrell cited a desire to spend more time in Texas, describing this summer’s deadly Central Texas flooding as a “moment of clarity.” His current district’s boundary lines will change slightly due to mid cycle redistricting but remains heavily Republican."},{"level":2,"_id":"KJAO7UKTQRGUJNZJL6DXAUNPLA","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa"},{"_id":"BHZJTPLXMVH2PPXZP6UNQ775PQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Sept. 3, 2025"},{"_id":"P4MFWMZV6VAU3BINK6RJ2E4WSQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for Senate"},{"_id":"RGSMY4H7NFBP3KISGOV5BABZ2Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Hinson is vacating a seat in Iowa’s northeastern corner to seek the seat held by Sen. Joni Ernst. Ernst’s surprise retirement came after she drew heavy criticism for her hesitation on one of Trump’s cabinet picks; in a radio interview that served as her official campaign announcement, Hinson said she was running to be “President Trump’s top ally in the United States Senate.” Hinson flipped her district in 2020 and won her relatively split district by larger margins in 2022 and 2024. Democrats had already indicated they put her district on its list of potential pickups."},{"level":2,"_id":"TLPF77UOCBGPJFFZKGQWXLHTE4","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y."},{"_id":"M7TWG6EULRFIJG2JCEYIS2B2ZY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Sept. 1, 2025"},{"_id":"XAA6ZGSQ55HCVCU3NSZV3YJRJM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Retiring"},{"_id":"EX77XMQVLFFP7GJNTAC2C72SJM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"After more than two decades in Congress, the dean of New York’s U.S. House delegation is hanging it up. Nadler announced his retirement in early September, describing how watching Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign underscored the need for generational change. He had been a fixture in Manhattan for decades, representing multiple versions of a wealthy uptown district that is heavily Democratic. Nadler was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee from 2019 to 2023, then served as ranking member on the panel after Republicans won House leadership. He stepped down from that role late last year."},{"level":2,"_id":"UNOYKEQDRBBEJGS7YAGZNDEVXU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas"},{"_id":"X3QXV3YNDBDV3H5MU7JE4DMFJM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Aug. 21, 2025"},{"_id":"W6HS56TEI5BBZONXGUXIP27JPI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for Texas attorney general"},{"_id":"MET4SMKNFVDKBIW7FNMHBZDUBY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"After four terms in the U.S. House, and years of challenging party leadership as a prominent member of the House Freedom Caucus, Roy announced he would run to succeed Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is running for Senate next year. Roy has represented a district just north of San Antonio since 2019. While he’s known as a fiscal conservative, his relationship with Trump has been complicated at times as one of the few Republicans who initially pushed back against Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen."},{"level":2,"_id":"M3JLJJW4GJFRPPJQGXCWTSB3VI","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala."},{"_id":"EJBPUNFCKVETLMA7QOD33YR6HM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Aug. 12, 2025"},{"_id":"2AXYZW5VDRADLNR2VUDM3FDJHY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for Senate"},{"_id":"EZUV3P54QBB73CHPVQTUYJHKAE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Moore joined the small House Freedom Caucus exodus of retirements when he announced he would not seek a fourth term in the U.S. House and instead run to succeed Sen. Tommy Tuberville. Tuberville is running for governor of Alabama. Moore’s campaign launch underscored his ties to Trump. In it, he promised to “defend the MAGA agenda in the Senate.”"},{"level":2,"_id":"FOMHEY7XGJBEBD2LN7IUXRSGFY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C."},{"_id":"EOMY4UNYGJFHDC4FRAAMR3FOSM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: Aug. 4, 2025"},{"_id":"CEPAKFG2XRHEZCT3UURLSLAK5I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for governor"},{"_id":"RW3LZ5TEKBAABHNUOJ53JWS3MU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Mace represents South Carolina's 1st District, and with the exception of a single term, it's been in GOP hands for decades. And thanks to redistricting following the 2020 census, it's considered to be more friendly to Republicans. Mace, who worked for Trump's 2016 campaign, was first elected to the House in 2020. She has largely supported him, although her criticism against him following the Jan. 6, 2021, violence at the U.S. Capitol spurred Trump to back a GOP challenger in her 2022 race. Mace defeated that opponent, won reelection and was endorsed by Trump in her 2024 campaign."},{"level":2,"_id":"3IFOXX7RNBEHZNI23JLK4Y6QSE","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill."},{"_id":"JGEHQ5K6BBF2LF27CUPMKZ6IUA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: July 31, 2025"},{"_id":"2WY7KXXXEBBZVFG2OIUIQDBUB4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Retiring"},{"_id":"ATXJUKW6EFDR7IRB35FUKPGTUU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"After 15 terms, Davis became the second longtime Illinois representative to announce his retirement from office. At the time of his announcement, two others had also said they would seek an open Senate seat. Davis’s district, a solidly Democratic piece of Chicago, includes large sections of the city’s south and west sides. In recent years, he had fended off concerns over his age and closer primaries than in years prior."},{"level":2,"_id":"GRIYUI5QPRD3JB2ZVMXIQ4XS2E","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga."},{"_id":"AWPKX56Y2VBTTLNRGDWWFFX674","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: July 28, 2025"},{"_id":"4XXVKYYP5JHIBDAIC7JIH4BYRE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for Senate"},{"_id":"57YSBVROARBFLJ3QRM2JYEHORM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Collins joined fellow Georgia House delegation member Buddy Carter in seeking to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in what will become one of the most closely watched Senate contests of 2026. Collins will leave Congress after two terms representing a district east of Atlanta. He won his 2022 race in part by portraying himself as an everyman trucker and hard-core Donald Trump acolyte."},{"level":2,"_id":"D4TYJVX5IJDK3E27SYFW3E5E4I","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C."},{"_id":"A3GO6FLCVBG6XLPO3EHOPUOU6Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: July 25, 2025"},{"_id":"IRG6STSWPRERBPGHZDCQUN5RKY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for governor"},{"_id":"EB35F7RWFFFABOBCLK7I4PV3BI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Norman announced he would join an already crowded race to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Henry McMaster. Known as one of the most conservative members of the U.S. House, and a member of the House Freedom Caucus, Norman has nevertheless had a strained relationship with Trump over the years as he endorsed longtime colleague and primary opponent Nikki Haley in 2024. Norman was elected to the U.S. House in 2017 in a special election to replace Trump’s head of the Office of Management and Budget."},{"level":2,"_id":"EIQPP6ZPDREA7E6XNWNN3PSRMU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Pa."},{"_id":"HE55WD67DNCHVA2UNGKXEUM5JY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: June 30, 2025"},{"_id":"6LGDJSC55ZELVMW7EVLF5B3AYQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Retiring"},{"_id":"PGPAMUFCLZENNB6X7LGWSLKV6E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Evans announced in June he was vacating the district representing the heart of Philadelphia. He was first elected in 2016 after defeating then-incumbent Rep. Chaka Fattah, who was indicted on federal racketeering charges. He also spent more than three decades in the state legislature. His densely populated district consistently elects Democrats, by wide margins."},{"level":2,"_id":"SQYLM2AIHRGHBGRHT7FD2HZQUA","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D."},{"_id":"BZGG7GIPGZGRPFKJBYAMZM5FVE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: June 30, 2025"},{"_id":"NDBVS62LLVHA7HMEDOYQ6VLPV4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for governor"},{"_id":"NM4IZMUSPNCNLKVWERJHLDSPCU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"South Dakota's lone U.S. House representative will leave Congress after eight years to seek the governorship. Johnson succeeded current Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in the U.S. House. Noem was the most recently elected governor of South Dakota, but after she was tapped for the Cabinet earlier this year, her lieutenant governor was elevated to the job. Johnson could face the incumbent, as well as other Republican hopefuls, in the gubernatorial primary. Johnson has a largely conservative voting record, but has sometimes joined a minority of Republicans in voting against Trump, including when he voted to override Trump’s veto of a measure that revoked his declaration of an emergency at the southern border. He was later one of 35 House Republicans who voted to establish a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riots."},{"level":2,"_id":"ZDMVQRZI7FA57A3CKUQR7LORBE","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb."},{"_id":"DGXQG6NFCFH7ZJFW2XN5MDBGUA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: June 30, 2025"},{"_id":"I6HOW7WJIFALXNZEG3HUXON25M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Retiring"},{"_id":"X5SANQZUP5DFDIZLD3AKQZPTQI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Forced to navigate an ever-thinning line between staying in his party’s and Trump’s good graces without alienating his increasingly Democratic district, Bacon has said he is proud of his bipartisan approach in the face of bitter partisanship in Washington. First elected in 2016, Bacon has said he believes Republicans will have a good shot at keeping the seat in 2026, because he believes Democrats in the race so far appeal mainly to the hard left."},{"level":2,"_id":"6B3X7TFSPRHTBAYTSWBVEOIYPM","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga."},{"_id":"4LWTB4I7HFCQFJM63XOI4SXMC4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: May 8, 2025"},{"_id":"DHHDO7PKNZGTRAZY7L62G2ZYYI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for Senate"},{"_id":"43ROFYDIHNEHBI5P7JHPDJN5YM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Among Georgia's House Republicans vying to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, Carter has been returned to office by voters by double-digit margins since he was first elected to the chamber in 2014. More circumspect when Trump first entered the White House in 2017, Carter has grown to cast himself as a “MAGA Warrior,” supporting Trump's false claims that he had won the 2020 presidential election and now among those vying for his endorsement in the Senate primary."},{"level":2,"_id":"TKR3YFM6VBDHLCSDKTPJ5V5JEY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill."},{"_id":"MZWMWYEEHNCVZIQKTVUMGOWO7E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: May 7, 2025"},{"_id":"ZD365DPTK5CJHGCVEFYIGZUISE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for Senate"},{"_id":"YQLK62BCLFC7XHIP7YMWI6WLQE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Krishnamoorthi is one of many Illinois Democrats seeking to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin. His Chicago-area district is considered heavily Democratic, and Krishnamoorthi has been reelected by double digits since winning his first House race in 2016."},{"level":2,"_id":"6FORULY7UZGXXN3KN7A2XETGYY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill."},{"_id":"UMKY52DBARGJPJHZM55VE7CHEY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: May 6, 2025"},{"_id":"WNHCUBQ37ZAC7CTXB657WQI4HY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for Senate"},{"_id":"3P24PKAAHZDOFIANLYKVWMJYCQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Kelly, among the Illinois Democrats vacating other offices to seek Durbin's Senate seat, was first elected to the House in a 2013 special election. In the years since, she's been easily reelected in the heavily Democratic district."},{"level":2,"_id":"NLCVIBI6TFHTZCIPJ5NHNVITKY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. 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Democrats have aggressively targeted the 10th District, which covers parts of northern Detroit suburbs in Oakland and Macomb counties since James flipped it in 2022."},{"level":2,"_id":"CUNPFZRV2FBEDDAQIPEJ4BBQLY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H."},{"_id":"6CUGSQGNBRHKBEI54Y4WI4GJ4U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: April 3, 2025"},{"_id":"J7QYZ4OYSVAMJNQ4FTV7TSZHGI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for Senate"},{"_id":"NVSC3YV4EZBW5PC665JGKCEJWQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Pappas announced in April 2025 that he would run to replace retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Making history in 2018 by becoming New Hampshire's first openly gay member of Congress, Pappas in 2022 defeated GOP opponent Karoline Leavitt, who is now Trump's White House press secretary."},{"level":2,"_id":"6MDWCVGB4ZA6TNY6QVNL2K4EUY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn."},{"_id":"I626WWW4HBGDXF6OTTKHAJIZ7U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Date of announcement: March 20, 2025"},{"_id":"WNPPRS7MQVBUZGISRJQHONO7AE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Reason: Running for governor"},{"_id":"GUV2MCOPGJFZ5KK2ALFSXYRRMY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Rose, who announced his bid for governor in March 2025, has voiced strong support for Trump in a state he's easily won in the past three presidential elections. 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The tactic worked, the lawsuit asserts — the crowds dispersed, no shots were fired and the agents “saved American lives\" that day."},{"_id":"J5DD6F7ZWZEKZD36BEBM2346WM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Plaintiffs were performing their duties as FBI Special Agents, employing reasonable de-escalation to prevent a potentially deadly confrontation with American citizens: a Washington Massacre that could have rivaled the Boston Massacre in 1770,” the lawsuit says."},{"_id":"2FYONW4IT5BJJD6NTK2UEMIAIQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The lawsuit in federal court in Washington represents the latest court challenge to a personnel purge that has roiled the FBI, targeting both top-ranking supervisors and line agents, as Patel has worked to reshape the nation's premier law enforcement agency. Besides the kneeling agents, other employees pushed out in recent months have worked on investigations involving Trump or his allies and in one case displayed an LGBTQ+ flag in his workspace."},{"_id":"4UUZOOZSG5F5JCZAZ62CFSZ2LY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"After photographs emerged of the agents taking a knee, the FBI conducted an internal review, with the then-deputy director determining that the agents had no political motive and should not be punished. The Justice Department inspector general reached a similar conclusion and faulted the department for having put the agents in a precarious situation that day, the lawsuit says."},{"_id":"FXBMORDSBND5LJQJ3Z4TZXJ3D4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"It was only after Patel took over the bureau in February that the FBI took a different posture."},{"_id":"HTGCXIJVWNEK3N6SI4CQIB24EE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Multiple kneeling agents were removed from supervisory positions last spring and a fresh disciplinary inquiry was launched that resulted in the agents being interviewed about their actions. That internal process was still pending when the agents in September received terse letters telling them they were being terminated because of “unprofessional conduct and a lack of impartiality in carrying out duties, leading to the political weaponization of government.” "},{"_id":"H5QIQNVOBFFTVNNL43C52GRWFM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Defendants dismissed Plaintiffs in a partisan effort to retaliate against FBI employees that they perceived to be sympathetic to President Trump’s political opponents,” the lawsuit states. “And Defendants acted summarily to avoid creating any further administrative record that would reveal their actions as vindictive and unjustified.”"},{"_id":"AJDPLY3WZNBU7NFA5BVDGBYGQ4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The plaintiffs are among 22 agents from different squads across Washington who were deployed to downtown D.C. on June 4, 2020 to demonstrate a visible law enforcement process during a time of protests in the nation's capital and across the country. 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