Current Events > So do these GOP retirements in the house signal another wave election there?

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https://www.axios.com/only-black-gop-representative-announces-retirement-b996349b-7e99-4cb5-8352-84ebe9803ddd.html

Rep. Will Hurd (R-Tex.) announced on Thursday that he will not seek reelection in his swing district.

Why it matters: Hurd is the only black Republican in the House, and the third Texas Republican to retire this week. He has been known to occasionally criticize President Trump, most recently over the president's racist tweets against 4 Democratic congresswomen of color, per the Washington Post.

Hurd's former district includes 820 miles along the U.S.-Mexico border, making him the only GOP member of Congress to represent the southern border. He denounced Trumps border wall proposition, describing it as a third-century solution to a 21st-century problem, according to the Post.
What's next: Hurd intends to move forward in his career to "solve problems at the nexus between technology and national security." He has been a longtime advocate of using technology to advance national security, including AI, quantum computing and cybersecurity.

Our thought bubble, per Axios' Joe Uchill: This leaves a gap in nuts and bolts tech understanding that the House already lacks.
His departure is the ninth by a Republican incumbent, heightening the stakes for the GOP to recapture control of the House in 2020.

The framing here makes it sound like it's a question of whether or not the GOP will win the house back, but traditional wisdom says presidential elections are good years for democrats (due to increased voter turnout among lower-income and minority voters that are less likely to vote when there isn't someone at the top of the ticket)
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One of the big boons to Dems in 2018 was (among other things) Republicans in swing/lean-r districts retiring.

Doesn't look great for the GOP but Nov 2020 is a long way off
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Everyone has a limit.
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