Another Texas Republican Calls It Quits Ahead Of 2020 Elections
Huff PostRep. Mac Thornberry speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 22, 2018. Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Rep. Mac Thornberry, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, announced Monday he will not seek reelection for his seat representing Texas’ 13th District. “And I believe that the time has come for a change.” Thornberry has represented Texas’s deeply Republican 13th District since 1995. Yet while some have suggested the recent spate of Republican retirements in the state is a harbinger of GOP electoral losses to come, others have pointed out that Thornberry has reached his term limit as ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, which itself could be an incentive to retire. But with an impeachment inquiry now investigating Trump’s attempts to coerce the Ukrainian president into digging up dirt on his political enemies, Thornberry’s announcement does come at a time when the president his district overwhelmingly supports is ensnared in his greatest controversy yet.
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