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Posted on 01/08/2026 3:51:20 AM PST by DFG
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the longest serving House Democrat, will not seek re-election in 2026 and retire after serving more than 44 years in Congress.
“I did not want to be one of those members who clearly stayed, outstayed his or her ability to do the job,” Hoyer said in an interview Wednesday with the Washington Post.
Hoyer, 86, plans to formally announce his retirement plans Thursday on the House floor.
The Maryland Democrat is one of more than 40 House members who have opted to depart the lower chamber by the start of 2027.
Hoyer’s district, southeastern Maryland’s 5th Congressional District, is considered a solid Democratic seat, according to the Cook Political Report.
The congressman, who has served in the lower chamber since 1981 and rose to become the second-ranking House Democrat for a nearly 20-year stretch between 2003 and 2023, received praise on social media as news of his retirement spread.
“Steny Hoyer has spent a lifetime serving with decency, seriousness, and heart,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wrote on X.
“I’ve been grateful to work alongside him over the years — except maybe those times when we found ourselves on opposite sides of the Maryland vs. Virginia line, because no matter what, he was always a ferocious fighter for his state,” Warner added. “Will be wishing him all the best in retirement.”
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I’m sure his seat is safe but 86 years old? The job probably kept him alive.
Except you ARE one of those, retard.
He was a worthless POS and Maryland morons continued to elect the fool.
Just leave and take your buddy Mock with you
...2026 and retire after serving more than 44 years in Congress...“I did not want to be one of those members who clearly stayed, outstayed his or her ability to do the job...
LoL, Steny, buddy, you already stayed far too long!!!
Good riddance to Democrat scum
NO MORE GEEZERS!
The Maryland Democrat is one of more than 40 House members who have opted to depart the lower chamber by the start of 2027.……leave now……dont drag it out another year like a continuing resolution.
“I did not want to be one of those members who clearly stayed, outstayed his or her ability to do the job,” Hoyer said
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Too late.
Unbelievable how utterly delusional these people are.
He is leaving the field, opening hus seat to another left wing nut.
Good.
America will never elect a majority of left wing nuts.
The culture war proceeds apace.
And American patriots are winning.
We need to get out our vote next November, big time.
“I did not want to be one of those members who clearly stayed, outstayed his or her ability to do the job”
Too late.
If I was a retiring Democrat senator like that, I’d want to have plenty of time left so I could forget all about my career with the Democrat Party. Otherwise, I might be haunted by memories of it; but that’s just me and I can’t speak for ol’ Steny.
Unbelievable how utterly delusional these people are.
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Dude has zero sense of self awareness. He thinks he performed a valuable service to the country.
Every member of Congress who has served beyond a reasonable number of terms (2 for Sen & 4 for Reps) should be required to undergo a complete forensic audit of their personal wealth.
“I did not want to be one of those members who clearly stayed, outstayed his or her ability to do the job,”
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44 years is not overstaying? Jeez…they just don’t get it, do they?
If term limits will never be passed, perhaps age limits could be passed.
His comment is proof enough of how much they lie, surprised we didn’t get the “spend time with family” trope
Too late.
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