Since Trump returned to the White House this year, a record number of members are eyeing the exits as the Republican-led Congress has largely ceded its power to Trump’s vision of the country.

With just under 15 months to go until the 2026 midterms, nine senators and 21 House members have announced they don’t plan to run for reelection, each a modern record for this point before the election, according to an NPR analysis of congressional campaign data since 2017.

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    This includes three sitting senators: Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Colorado Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet.

    There he is, there’s my man Tommy Tuberville. The government leader with the stupidest fucking name of them all. How anyone can take this asshole seriously with a name like that is beyond me. To go by Tommy with a last name like that shows the thinking of a person who never matured past fifth grade (which makes a lot of sense if you know what policies he supports).