[CFW]

Another one! To make this decision this late in the election cycle is a deliberate attempt to sabotage a possible Trump Presidency. They know they can manipulate a special election easier (I'm assuming a special election will be held this year), and allow a democrat to take this seat.

[cableguymn]

he states he’s going to hang around till the end of his term.

that means just a primary and then a regular election in november.

[Bishop_Malachi]

This is all part of the painful realignment process. But I’ll admit it shows just how sorry a large chunk of the Republican Party is.

[Paladin2]

Is this guy a certified GOPeer?

[PermaRag]

R+11 (safe) district, no special election needed, and a good opportunity to run an actual conservative to replace the squish who is bailing.

Election results and ideology ratings for Jake LaTurner

Not every House GOP retirement -- in fact, damn near NONE at all this time around -- imply some kind of automatic loss in whatever election follows. Not even close.

But some people have the heebie-jeebies because "oh noes itz 2018 uhgenn!", which shows that they have no clue about what is going on in 2024, and because of the one special election in New York where George Santos' fluke win in a Democrat district 2022 was reversed and the area simply reverted back to what it had been for many years.

We sure could use Santos now, and his ouster was just another example of liberal Republican cowardice -- and complicity. See also Speaker Mike Johnson, the GOP's very own Ned Flanders.