Will Hurd Could Be the Canary in the Coal Mine
The Texas Republican’s retirement, which shocked his party, could be a harbinger of a broader exodus from Congress.
It’s bad enough for House Republicans that eight of their members have already decided to call it quits after next year; that six have announced their retirement in the past two weeks alone; and that those fleeing Congress include two of the party’s 13 women lawmakers, its chief of candidate recruitment, and the GOP’s sole African American representative in the House, Will Hurd of Texas.
What’s even worse for the party’s diminished ranks, however, is that this modest wave of departures may only be a harbinger of
