The only black House Republican, a critic of President Donald Trump's, has joined a growing list of GOP lawmakers not seeking reelection next year, jarring the party's efforts to woo minority voters and recapture House control. Rep. Will Hurd, a moderate Texan who's split with Trump over
1 / 3House GOP RetirementsFILE - In this Oct. 23, 2019, file photo, Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, right, poses for photos at the Texas A&M-San Antonio. Hurd announced on Aug. 1, 2019, he will not seek reelection in 2020. WASHINGTON — The only black House Republican, a critic of President Donald Trump's, has joined a growing list of GOP lawmakers not seeking reelection next year, jarring the party's efforts to woo minority voters and recapture House control.
Hurd's exit puts the GOP ahead of its pace in 2018, when 34 of its members declined to seek reelection — the party's most retirements since at least 1930. It also underscored a distaste among many Republicans for life as the House minority party, today's razor-sharp partisanship and Trump's tantrums and tweets.
Story continuesHurd's district, which he's represented for three terms, skirts the Mexican border and is majority Hispanic. While he said he's"taken a conservative message to places that don't often hear it," Democrats consider it a prime pickup opportunity. Gina Ortiz Jones, the Democrat he narrowly defeated in 2018, is already campaigning.
Another retiring Republican, Alabama Rep. Bradley Byrne, 64, is running for Senate and leaves behind a solid Republican district.
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