Here are the members of Congress retiring at the end of 2018

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Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Tuesday he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the Senate, opening the door for former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to run for his seat. (Jan. 2)
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Several congressional lawmakers have announced they aren’t running for re-election this year, with plans to retire from Congress at the end of their current terms.

Here’s a list of who is out:

Senate

• Bob Corker, R-Tenn.
• Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.
• Orrin Hatch, R-Utah

House

• Joe Barton, R-Texas 
• John Delaney, D-Md.*
• Charlie Dent, R-Pa.
• John Duncan Jr., R-Tenn.
• Blake Farenthold, R-Texas **
• Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.
• Gene Green, D-Texas
• Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.
• Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas
• Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan.
• Sam Johnson, R-Texas
• Sander Levin, D-Mich.
• Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J.
• Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev. **
• Ted Poe, R-Texas
• Dave Reichert, R-Wash.
• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.
• Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H.
• Bill Shuster, R-Pa.
• Lamar Smith, R-Texas
• Dave Trott, R-Mich.
• Niki Tsongas, D-Mass.

*In announcing his retirement from the House, Delaney said he would run for president in the 2020 election.

**Farenthold and Kihuen both face sexual harassment allegations.

House members who are running for governor

• Diane Black, R-Tenn.
• Colleen Hanabusa, D-Hawaii
• Raul Labrador, R-Idaho
• Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M.
• Kristi Noem, R-S.D.
• Steve Pearce, R-N.M.
• Jared Polis, D-Colo.
• Jim Renacci, R-Ohio
• Tim Walz, D-Minn.

House members who are running for the Senate

• Lou Barletta, R-Penn.
• Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.
• Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va.
• Luke Messer, R-Ind.
• Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas
• Todd Rokita, R-Ind.
• Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.
• Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.

Here are the people who have already left office this session or will soon leave

• Former Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.*
• Former Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.*
• Former Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz.*
• Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah
• Former Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa.*
• Former Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.**
• Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio***

*Franken, Conyers and Franks resigned after facing sexual misconduct allegations. Murphy resigned in the wake of a sex scandal. 

**Becerra is now the attorney general for California, filling the spot left vacant by Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif.

***Tiberi will retire this month.

And here are the lawmakers who left Congress joined the Trump administration

• Attorney General Jeff Sessions, formerly the senator of Alabama
• Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, formerly a representative from South Carolina
• CIA Director Mick Mulvaney
• Tom Price, former Health and Human Services secretary and former representative from Georgia

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