Butterfield is the latest Democrat to say they’ll leave Congress as the party seeks to maintain their slim majority in the House in the upcoming 2022 midterm elections. Butterfield is the 16th Democrat in the House to announce plans to leave the chamber this cycle, following Rep. Jackie Speier of California who made public her plans on Tuesday.
“It is time for me to retire, and allow the torch to be passed to someone who shares the values of the district, and continue the work I have labored so hard for the past 18 years,” Butterfield said in a video announcement posted on Twitter.
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