
Right here’s the place they stand:
Wyoming’s At-Massive District
Rep. Liz Cheney
The one-time rising star amongst Home Republicans is staring down the top of her profession within the chamber.
After voting for Trump’s impeachment and doubling down by becoming a member of the Jan. sixth committee investigating the lead-up to the assaults, the previous No. 3 Home Republican was censured and faraway from her management place. She additionally faces an enormous uphill climb in her upcoming re-election this month.
The most recent ballot from the Casper Star-Tribune exhibits Cheney garnering simply 30 p.c of help in comparison with Trump-endorsed opponent Harriet Hagemen’s 52 p.c, solely days earlier than the first. Cheney’s marketing campaign has tried to recruit Wyoming Democrats to cross get together traces to vote for her, however the ballot numbers are per what Republican inner surveys have proven over the past year-plus.
The 55-year-old Cheney might not be accomplished with politics if she loses her seat — she’s already getting questions a few potential 2024 presidential bid.
Ohio’s sixteenth District
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez
Gonzalez introduced in September that his congressional profession was coming to an finish, simply two phrases after voters first elected the previous Ohio State and NFL huge receiver. Trump endorsed a former aide, Max Miller, to run towards him, although Miller — who has a historical past of aggressive conduct — ended up working in a distinct district after redistricting shifted the congressional map.
The added stress and vitriol impeachment added to his private and political life satisfied Gonzalez to bow out of reelection — the primary of the 4 impeachment-backing Republicans to take action.
“Politically the setting is so poisonous, particularly in our personal get together proper now,” he mentioned in an interview with The New York Occasions explaining his resolution.
Alongside along with his impeachment vote, Gonzalez later sided with Democrats to carry former Trump aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify to the Jan. 6 committee.
Washington’s third District
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler
Herrera Beutler conceded this week in her main towards Trump-backed Republican Joe Kent, who squeaked in entrance of her to say the second normal election spot out of a crowded all-party main.
Along with her vote for impeachment, Herrera Beutler revealed particulars of a cellphone dialog between Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy and Trump on January 6 the place the previous president instructed McCarthy that the rioters cared extra concerning the election outcomes than the GOP chief did.
Herrera Beutler and her allies vastly outspent Kent, with a number of tremendous PACs pouring cash into the district to assist her. Kent’s win means he and Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez will face off within the GOP-leaning district in November.
New York’s twenty fourth District
Rep. John Katko
Katko determined to not run for reelection earlier this yr. The rating member on the Committee on Homeland Safety and a former assistant U.S. legal professional, Katko voted to question Trump because he mentioned permitting the then-president “to incite this assault with out consequence is a direct menace to the way forward for our democracy.”
Katko had a bipartisan repute and held onto a blue-leaning seat even throughout good Democratic years over the past decade. His district took in new territory when New York redrew its congressional traces this yr, and the marketing campaign to exchange him appears to be like set to be a hard-fought battleground marketing campaign.
Illinois’ sixteenth District
Rep. Adam Kinzinger
Kinzinger selected to not run for reelection, ending his 12-year profession within the Home. The Air Drive veteran had lengthy been a preferred politician in a pro-Trump district, however he determined to vote for impeachment after deciding that Trump breached Article II of the Structure by inciting the rebellion.
Since then, Kinzinger turned certainly one of two Republicans, alongside Cheney, to serve on the Home Jan. 6 committee investigating the assault on the Capitol.
Kinzinger’s seat was splintered into items when Illinois Democrats redrew the state’s congressional map. He seems to be setting himself as much as stay lively in politics: A pair of outdoor teams aligned with Kinzinger have been lively within the midterm election cycle, and the nonprofit is getting ready to recruit and prepare “pro-freedom, pro-democracy” candidates who’re contemplating careers in politics.
Michigan’s third District
Rep. Peter Meijer
The freshman Republican voted to cost Trump with inciting the Capitol rebellion solely days into his first time period. Earlier this month, Republican voters ousted him in a main in favor of a former Trump administration official.
The GOP nomination went to Trump-backed election denier John Gibbs. Rep. Meijer’s purpose for voting on impeachment had been primarily based on his perception that Trump “betrayed millions with claims of a ‘stolen election.’” The stance would value him his job, although, as Republican’s coalesced round Gibbs’ declare of election fraud.
And Democrats, who hope to seize the seat within the fall, gave Meijer a push towards the exit by airing $425,000 in adverts linking Gibbs to Trump simply earlier than the first. It was a number of the solely spending on Gibbs’ behalf in a main that featured heavy promoting from Meijer’s marketing campaign and from pro-Meijer tremendous PACs.
Washington’s 4th District
Rep. Dan Newhouse
Newhouse is a uncommon main success story on this group, edging out a flurry of rivals greedy for his seat and setting himself up for reelection in a deep-red district.
Newhouse outspent all different candidates in a fractured eight-person race, with each candidate showing on the identical poll and the highest two advancing to the overall election no matter get together. He completed a number of factors forward of Trump-endorsed Loren Culp, a former candidate for governor.
Newhouse additionally has a background within the agriculture trade, and used that to his benefit within the rural district to tell apart himself from the impeachment vote.
South Carolina’s seventh District
Rep. Tom Rice
The soft-spoken five-term congressman misplaced his reelection bid within the June GOP main, falling to Trump-endorsed state legislator Russell Fry.
Rice had comfortably held his deep-red seat because it was drawn in 2012. However Fry captured a majority of the first vote after Rice’s impeachment resolution, campaigning towards Rice’s vote and sinking the incumbent to lower than 1 / 4 of Republican help. Trump even confirmed up in individual to marketing campaign towards Rice, who was a staunch supporter of the previous president till the rebellion on the Capitol.
Rice has instructed POLITICO that he and his household have obtained loss of life threats because the vote, however he doesn’t remorse it.
Michigan’s sixth District
Rep. Fred Upton
One of many longest-tenured members of Congress — and the one one to vote to question two completely different presidents — opted for retirement as an alternative of working for an additional time period in 2022.
Upton voted to cost then-President Invoice Clinton in 1998 after which to question Trump after the Capitol rebellion. He was first elected in 1986 and largely received reelection simply since then, although the district was carefully divided on the presidential degree in 2020. Trump endorsed a Republican state legislator, Steve Carra, to go up towards Upton in 2022 — however the resolution was preempted by Michigan’s redistricting, which shifted the map in Upton’s residence area, after which by Upton’s transfer to retire.
California’s twenty first District
Rep. David Valadao
Valadao was capable of quietly escape Trump’s wrath and advance from his all-party main to the overall election, changing into the one GOP impeachment voter to run for an additional time period with out Trump storming in to endorse a challenger.
That will have one thing to do with Valadao’s district neighbor, McCarthy, who is alleged to have urged Trump to sit down this one out contemplating the district’s battleground standing. Valadao narrowly received the seat again from the Democrats in 2020 with 51 p.c of the vote, whereas Biden carried the district by 10 factors. Attributable to redistricting, the seat has gotten extra blue, placing Valadao at better threat of dropping public workplace within the normal election.
Despite the fact that Trump sat out the all-party main in June, Valadao solely completed a handful of factors forward of a pro-Trump challenger to safe the overall election slot. Now, Valadao is battling with Democratic state lawmaker Rudy Salas one-on-one.