{"id":18660,"date":"2026-02-04T23:01:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/republican-barry-loudermilk-wont-seek-reelection\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T23:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:01:48","slug":"republican-barry-loudermilk-wont-seek-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/republican-barry-loudermilk-wont-seek-reelection\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Barry Loudermilk won\u2019t seek reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Georgia Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk announced he will not run for reelection this year, the latest Republican to retire amid what\u2019s shaping up to be a tough midterm for Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Loudermilk, who was first elected to Congress in 2014, said in a statement he\u2019s retiring to \u201cspend more dedicated time with my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough I continue to have strong support from the people of the Eleventh Congressional District, I believe it is time to contribute to my community, state, and nation in other ways,\u201d he said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Loudermilk\u2019s retirement comes as his select subcommittee reinvestigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol ramps up its probe. <\/p>\n<p>The panel \u2014 which was launched as a response to the probe helmed by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and now-former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) in the year after the attack \u2014 held its first hearings last month, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/02\/04\/congress\/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-t-mobile-for-records-relating-to-alleged-pipe-bomb-perpetrator-00764604\" target=\"_blank\">subpoenaed for phone records<\/a> in connection to the suspect accused of placing pipe bombs outside Republican and Democratic headquarters prior to the riot.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans will expect to retain Loudermilk\u2019s seat in suburban Atlanta in November, which he won by 34 points in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>But the announcement marks the latest member of the House Republican caucus to leave Congress this cycle. Since the beginning of 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/pressgallery.house.gov\/member-data\/casualty-list\" target=\"_blank\">33 other House Republicans<\/a> have resigned, announced their retirements or launched campaigns seeking other elected office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk announced he will not run for reelection this year, the latest Republican to retire amid what\u2019s shaping up to be a tough midterm for Republicans. Loudermilk, who was first elected to Congress in 2014, said in a statement he\u2019s retiring to \u201cspend more dedicated time with my family.\u201d \u201cAlthough I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}