The Quiet Exodus
Why Ten House Republicans Are Heading Home to Run Things As the wrapping paper settles and the last of the eggnog disappears this Christmas weekend, a quieter story has been unfolding in Washington-one that says more about the state of our politics than any headline-grabbing protest or viral clip ever could. Ten sitting Republican members of the U.S. House-ten-are leaving their seats not to retire to the lecture circuit or the lobbying suite, but to run for governor in their home states. Andy Biggs and David Schweikert in Arizona. Byron Donalds in Florida. John James in Michigan. Nancy Mace and Ralph…