Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats...
Open (incumbent not running for re-election)
No incumbent running
Uncontested (one candidate running)
Multiple incumbents running
| Incumbent | Party | Office | Reason for not seeking re-election |
| Alabama | |||
| Congressman Spencer T. Bachus, III | Republican | House CD 6 | Open Seat. 30 September 2013: "... I won't seek re-election." |
| Arizona | |||
| Governor Janice K. "Jan" Brewer | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. Term Limit. At term limit |
| Arkansas | |||
| Congressman John Timothy "Tim" Griffin | Republican | House CD 2 | Open Seat. 21 October 2013: Not running for re-election-- "We have decided that now is the time for me to focus intently on my top priority, my family, as Elizabeth and I raise our two young children..." |
| Congressman Thomas B. "Tom" Cotton | Republican | House CD 4 | Open Seat. 31 July 2013: Running for the U.S. Senate in 2014 |
| California | |||
| Congressman John B. T. Campbell, III | Republican | House CD 45 | Open Seat. 26 June 2013: Announced retirement. "I have decided that I will not seek re-election ... I am ready to begin a new chapter in my life." |
| Delaware | |||
| Governor Jack A. Markell | Democratic | Governor | Open Chair. Term Limit |
| Florida | |||
| Congressman C.W. "Bill" Young | Republican | House CD 13 | Vacant Office. 9 October 2013: Announced retirement. 17 October 2013: Reports state Congressman Young is "gravely ill". 18 October 2013: Congressman C.W. Bill Young, 82, passed away at The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the company of his family. 30 October 2013: Florida Governor Richard L. "Rick" Scott set 14 January 2014 as the date for the Special Primary and 11 March 2014 as the date for the Special Election. |
| Georgia | |||
| Senator C. Saxby Chambliss | Republican | Senate Class 2 | Open Seat. 25 January 2013: Announced he would retire at the end of his term. |
| Congressman John Heddens "Jack" Kingston | Republican | House CD 1 | Open Seat. 30 April 2013: Candidate for the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat in 2014. |
| Congressman Paul Collins Broun, Jr. | Republican | House CD 10 | Open Seat. 30 January 2013: Running for the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat in 2014 |
| Congressman John Phillip "Phil" Gingrey | Republican | House CD 11 | Open Seat. 21 February 2013: Running for the Senate Class 2 Seat in 2014 |
| Hawaii | |||
| Congressman Colleen Wakako Hanabusa | Democratic | House CD 1 | Open Seat. 23 April 2013: Running for the U.S. Senate Class 3 seat in the 2014 Special Election. |
| Iowa | |||
| Senator Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin | Democratic | Senate Class 2 | Open Seat. 26 January 2013: Announced he will not seek re-election. |
| Congressman Bruce L. Braley | Democratic | House CD 1 | Open Seat. 7 February 2013: Announced that he is a candidate for the Class 2 U.S. Senate seat in 2014. |
| Congressman Thomas P. "Tom" Latham | Republican | House CD 3 | Open Seat. 17 December 2013: Announced retirement. |
| Louisiana | |||
| Governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. Term Limit. At Term Limit |
| Congressman William "Bill" Cassidy | Republican | House CD 6 | Open Seat. 2 April 2013: Running for the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat in 2014. |
| Maine | |||
| Congressman Michael H. Michaud | Democratic | House CD 2 | Open Seat. 13 June 2013: Launched an exploratory campaign for Governor in 2014. 15 August 2013: Formal announcement re: candidate for Governor. |
| Michigan | |||
| Senator Carl Levin | Democratic | Senate Class 2 | Open Seat. 7 March 2013: "I have decided not to run for reelection in 2014." |
| Congressman Gary Peters | Democratic | House CD 14 | Open Seat. 29 April 2013: Running for the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat in 2014. |
| Minnesota | |||
| Congressman Michele M. Bachmann | Republican | House CD 6 | Open Seat. 29 May 2013: "After a great deal of thought and deliberation, I have decided, next year, I will not seek a fifth ... term ... This decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former Presidential campaign ... " |
| Missouri | |||
| Governor Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon | Democratic | Governor | Open Chair. Term Limit |
| Montana | |||
| Senator Max Sieben Baucus | Democratic | Senate Class 2 | Open Seat. 23 April 2013: Announced that he will retire at the end of his term. 18 December 2013: Reports indicate he will be nominated to be next Ambassador to China. 20 December 2013: President Obama officially nominates Senator Max Sieben Baucus for U.S. Ambassador To China. |
| Congressman Steven "Steve" Daines | Republican | House At-Large | Open Seat. 5 November 2013: Running for the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat in 2014. |
| Nebraska | |||
| Senator Michael O. "Mike" Johanns | Republican | Senate Class 2 | Open Seat. 18 February 2013: "We would like to share with you a decision we have made ... We have decided not to seek re-election." |
| Governor Dave Heineman | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. Term Limit. At term limit |
| New Jersey | |||
| Congressman Jon Runyan | Republican | House CD 3 | Open Seat. 6 November 2013: Will not run for re-election. |
| North Carolina | |||
| Congressman John Howard "Howard" Coble | Republican | House CD 6 | Open Seat. 7 November 2013: Announced retirement. |
| Congressman Melvin L. "Mel" Watt | Democratic | House CD 12 | Open Seat. 1 May 2013: Nominated to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency. 10 December 2013: Confirmed as the next head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Once he resigns from Congress, a special election will be called to fill the vacant seat. |
| Oklahoma | |||
| Senator Tom Coburn | Republican | Senate Class 3 | Open Seat. 16 August 2011: Announced he would not run for re-election in 2016: ".. I'm not running again..." |
| Pennsylvania | |||
| Congressman Allyson Y. Schwartz | Democratic | House CD 13 | Open Seat. 25 February 2013: Announced that she will run for Governor in 2014. |
| Rhode Island | |||
| Governor Lincoln Davenport "Linc" Chafee | Democratic | Governor | Open Chair. 3 September 2013: Announced he will not seek re-election. |
| South Dakota | |||
| Senator Tim Johnson | Democratic | Senate Class 2 | Open Seat. 26 March 2013: Announced retirement |
| Texas | |||
| Governor James Richard "Rick" Perry | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. 8 July 2013: Announced that he will not run for re-election. |
| Congressman Steve Stockman | Republican | House CD 36 | Open Seat. 9 December 2013: Running for the Class 2 Senate Seat in 2014. |
| Utah | |||
| Congressman James David "Jim" Matheson | Democratic | House CD 4 | Open Seat. 17 December 2013: Announced retirement. |
| Virginia | |||
| Governor Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. Term Limit |
| Congressman Frank Rudolph Wolf | Republican | House CD 10 | Open Seat. 17 December 2013: Announced retirement. |
| West Virginia | |||
| Senator John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller, IV | Democratic | Senate Class 2 | Open Seat. 11 January 2013: Announced retirement at the end of his term. |
| Governor Earl Ray Tomblin | Democratic | Governor | Open Chair. Term Limit |
| Congressman Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | House CD 2 | Open Seat. 26 November 2012: Announced candidacy for the U.S. Senate |
| Tally | |||||
| Office | Reason for Open Chair or Seat | ||||
| Voluntary | Term Limit | Vacant | Total | ||
| Congressman | Republican | 16 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Democratic | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Governor | Republican | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Democratic | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Senator | Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Totals | 33 | 7 | 1 | 41 | |
Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
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