One term republican senator will not run for re-election after "difficult, exhausting session" [View all]

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Cynthia Lummis, a One-Term G.O.P. Senator, Will Not Seek Re-election

A conservative who has served in the Senate since 2021, Ms. Lummis attributed the decision to the “difficult, exhausting session” this fall on Capitol Hill.


Senator Cynthia Lummis, Republican of Wyoming, said on Friday that she would not seek re-election next year after serving one term.

In a statement, Ms. Lummis, who has served in the Senate since 2021, attributed the decision to the grueling weeks in session this year on Capitol Hill. Her departure will tee up a primary in the conservative state of Wyoming.

“Deciding not to run for re-election does represent a change of heart for me, but in the difficult, exhausting session weeks this fall I’ve come to accept that I do not have six more years in me,” Ms. Lummis, 71, said. “I am a devout legislator, but I feel like a sprinter in a marathon. The energy required doesn’t match up.”

Her comment, unusually candid by the standards of staid Washington statements, came after a year on Capitol Hill that included the nation’s longest government shutdown and multiple all-night sessions of votes, including to pass President Trump’s marquee tax and spending cuts legislation. Senators took more than 600 roll call votes this year alone, the most in modern history, according to a G.O.P. leadership aide.