Subject: officials retiring
I've been seeing articles for the past few months. I'm starting to wonder how this will/may affect the balances in Congress. A lot of seats aren't going to benefit from incumbency if they're retiring. Will seats be more competitive with all these retirements?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/0...

Representative Sam Graves, the chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he would leave Congress after nearly three decades, the latest sign that the G.O.P. is bracing for big losses.