Each list is sorted first by party, then alphabetically by last name.
House
| 1 | Allen, Tom | D | ME-01 | Run for Senate | |
| 2 | * Carson, Julia | D | IN-07 | Died | |
| 3 | Udall, Tom | D | NM-03 | Run for Senate | |
| 4 | Udal, Mark | D | CO-02 | Run for Senate | |
| 5 | Cubin, Barbara | R | WY-At lg | Retire | |
| 6 | Davis, Jo Ann | R | VA-01 | Died | |
| 7 | Everett, Terry | R | AL-02 | Retire | |
| 8 | Ferguson, Mike | R | NJ-07 | Retire | |
| 9 | Gilmore, Paul | R | OH-05 | Died | |
| 10 | Hastert, Dennis | R | IL-14 | Resigned | |
| 11 | Hobson, Dave | R | OH-07 | Retire | |
| 12 | Hunter, Duncan | R | CA-52 | Retire | |
| 13 | LaHood, Ray | R | IL-18 | Retire | |
| 14 | McCrery, Jim | R | LA-04 | Retire | |
| 15 | McNulty, Michael R | R | NY-21 | Retire | |
| 16 | Pryce, Deborah | R | OH-15 | Retire | |
| 17 | Ramstad, Jim | R | MN-03 | Retire | |
| 18 | Regula, Ralph | R | OH-16 | Retire | |
| 19 | Renzi, Rick | R | AZ-01 | Retire | |
| 20 | Saxton, Jim | R | NJ-03 | Retire | |
| 21 | Tancredo, Tom | R | CO-06 | Retire | |
| 22 | Weller, Jerry | R | IL-11 | Retire | |
| 23 | Wilson, Heather | R | NM-01 | Run for Senate |
Senate
| 1 | Allard, Wayne | R | CO | Retiring | |
| 2 | Craig, Larry | R | ID | Retiring | |
| 3 | Domenici, Pete | R | NM | Retiring | |
| 4 | Hagel, Chuck | R | NB | Retiring | |
| 5 | Lott, Trent | R | MS | Resigning | |
| 6 | Warner, John | R | VA | Retiring |
"Retiring" means serving to end of term. Will not run for reelection.
"Resigning" means announced resignation and intends to leave before end of term.
"Resigned" means has already officially left office during this term.
"At Lg" means the only congress person in the state.
As we know, the Democrats already have majorities in both houses. It is the Republicans who are leaving a lot of vacant seats that Democrats might pick up. Also, the incumbent Republican Senators in both Maine and Colorado are considered vulnerable.
For the Senate, It looks like it will be generally a Democratic year. However, Idaho, Nebraska, and Mississippi are all very strong Republican states. So my bet right now is that the Democrats pick up the other three open Senate seats along with the one in Maine for a net gain of four Senate seats. Since I am looking primarily at the strength Bush showed over Kerry in those states with open Senate seats, local conditions that I am unaware of could make that bet a bad one in individual races.
I sure would love to see the Democrats bump off Sen. John Cornyn here in Texas. He has "won" polls as the most disliked Senator in the Senate, but if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee for President every Hillary-hater in Texas will be out to vote against her and they'll vote for Cornyn at the same time. Of course, if Obama is nominated by the Democrats, every racist in Texas will come out of the woodwork to beat him, and since those two groups of Republicans are much the same, who the Democratic nominee for President won't make much difference to the Senate race here.
Addendum December 11, 2007 6:05 PM CST
Jo Ann Davis, Representative for Virginia CD 01 was added to the list above. She died 10/06/2007 of cancer, and the special elections for her district, VA-01 and for OH-05 are being held today.
As far as I know this all the deaths, resignations and announced retirements in Congress as of today.
Addendum 02 December 14, 2007 7:29 PM CST
See also A list of 2008 state primaries and caucuses published Thursday, December 13, 2007.
Addendum 03 December 15, 2007 2:29 PM CST
* The Hill reported This morning that Rep. Julia Carson (IN-07) previously listed as "Retire" died today of lung cancer. She had announced her plans to retire when she learned that she had lung cancer.
Addendum 04 January 26, 2008
See an updated list including three new members leaving Congress here.
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