Congressional Departures

Below is a listing of sitting members of the 110th Congress who will not return to their current posts in January due to retirement, defeat, or pursuit of other office.

SENATE (9)

--Retiring (5)

Republicans (5)

Allard, Colorado Craig, Idaho Domenici, New Mexico Hagel, Nebraska J. Warner, Virginia

--Defeated For Re-Election (4)

Republicans (4)

Dole, North Carolina Smith, Oregon Stevens, Alaska Sununu, New Hampshire

**Note: The final outcome of the re-election bid of one other sitting Republican senator -- Coleman of Minnesota -- remains undetermined, due to the closeness of the vote in that contest.

HOUSE (54)

--Retiring (24)

Democrats (3)

Cramer, Alabama Hooley, Oregon McNulty, New York

Republicans (21)

Cubin, Wyoming T. Davis, Virginia Doolittle, California Everett, Alabama Ferguson, New Jersey Fossella, New York Hobson, Ohio LaHood, Illinois Lewis, Kentucky McCrery, Louisiana Peterson, Pennsylvania Pickering, Mississippi Pryce, Ohio Ramstad, Minnesota Regula, Ohio Renzi, Arizona Reynolds, New York Saxton, New Jersey Walsh, New York Weldon, Florida Weller, Illinois

--Sought Higher Office (8)

**Senate (5)

Democrats (3)

Allen, Maine (lost general election) M. Udall, Colorado (won general election) T. Udall, New Mexico (won general election)

Republicans (2)

Pearce, New Mexico (lost general election) Wilson, New Mexico (lost primary)

**Governor (1)

Republicans (1)

Hulshof, Missouri (lost general election)

**President (2)

Republicans (2)

Hunter, California (dropped out of race for nomination) Tancredo, Colorado (dropped out of race for nomination)

--Defeated For Renomination (3)

Republicans (3)

Cannon, Utah D. Davis, Tennessee Gilchrest, Maryland

--Defeated In General Election (19)

Democrats (5)

Boyda, Kansas Cazayoux, Louisiana Jefferson, Louisiana Lampson, Texas Mahoney, Florida

Republicans (14)

Chabot, Ohio Drake, Virginia English, Pennsylvania Feeney, Florida Goode, Virginia Hayes, North Carolina Keller, Florida Knollenberg, Michigan Kuhl, New York Musgrave, Colorado Porter, Nevada Sali, Idaho Shays, Connecticut Walberg, Michigan

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