Redistricting, though, doubtless played at least some position in a handful of other recent retirements, too. Meanwhile, California’s new map positioned two incumbents, Democratic Reps. Alan Lowenthal and Lucille Roybal-Allard, into the identical deep-blue, Los Angeles-area seat, and neither determined to stay round. Then again, provided that Democrats will easily retain this seat, their retirements could have come down more to the candidates’ age — they’re each eighty years old — and the truth that Democrats don’t have a great likelihood of maintaining management of the House. Those elements might also assist explain the retirement decisions of longtime Democratic Reps. Bobby Rush of Illinois, Albio Sires of New Jersey and Jim Langevin of Rhode Island, who’re departing despite holding strongly Democratic districts.
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