The number of lawmakers abandoning Congress is increasing at a record pace, and Latinos are not the exception to this trend. According to Ballotpedia, the amount of Senators and Representatives who announced they won't seek reelection climbed to 13 in November, a record figure.
Overall, 30 Congresspeople made announcements of the kind during the electoral cycle. However, there is a key division: there are those who are retiring completely and those who will make a run for the Senate. 19 are in the former category, two of them Latinos, and 11 in the latter, including the remaining Latino, Ruben Gallego.
