Georgia Republican Barry Loudermilk, who arrived in the House in 2015 as a tea party-style conservative before becoming a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, said Wednesday he won’t seek a seventh term.
A senior member of the House Administration Committee, Loudermilk joins a wave of GOP lawmakers who won’t be returning to the House next year. They include his fellow Georgia Reps. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter and Mike Collins, who are both seeking the Republican nomination for Senate. Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Trump acolyte turned critic, resigned her northwest Georgia seat last month.
Loudermilk, 62, said in a statement that he always viewed his time in Congress as “a service, not a career” and that he intends to spend more time with his family.
