By John Isaacs
(last updated 1/14/22)
On November 15, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced his retirement at the end of his term, the first Democrat to come to that decision.
Previously, five Republican Senators had announced their retirement at the end of 2022: Burr (NC), Blunt (MO), Toomey (PA),Shelby (AL) and Portman (OH).
In early January 2022, the last two Senators who had not announced whether they are running decided that they will: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD). The Wisconsin race will be competitive; the South Dakota one much less so.
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Democrats – 14
*Bennet, Michael F. (D-CO)
Blumenthal, Richard (D-CT)
*Cortez Masto, Catherine (D-NV)
*Duckworth, Tammy (D-IL)
*Hassan, Margaret Wood (D-NH)
* Kelly, Mark – running for full term
*Leahy, Patrick J. (D-VT) – has announced will not run again
*Murray, Patty (D-WA)
Padilla, Alex (D-CA)
*Schatz, Brian (D-HI)
*Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY)
*Van Hollen, Chris (D-MD)
Warnock, Raphael (D-GA) – running for full term
*Wyden, Ron (D-OR)
Republicans – 20
Blunt, Roy (R-MO) – has announced will not run again
Boozman, John (R-AR)
Burr, Richard (R-NC) – has announced will not run again
Crapo, Mike (R-ID)
Grassley, Chuck (R-IA)
Hoeven, John (R-ND)
Johnson, Ron (R-WI)
Kennedy, John (R-LA)
Lankford, James (R-OK)
Lee, Mike (R-UT)
Moran, Jerry (R-KS)
Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK)
Paul, Rand (R-KY)
Portman, Rob (R-OH) – has announced will not run again
Rubio, Marco (R-FL)
Scott, Tim (R-SC)
Shelby, Richard C. (R-AL) – has announced will not run again
Thune, John (R-SD)
Toomey, Patrick J. (R-PA) – has announced will not run again
Young, Todd (R-IN)
