“Serving the people of Nevada has been the honor of my lifetime. Nobody is prouder of our Nevada Congressional District than me. Thank you for the honor. Every achievement worth doing began with listening to Nevadans and fighting for our values. I came to Congress to solve problems and to make sure our State and Nation have strong voice in the federal policy and oversight processes. I look forward to finishing my term. After 15 years of service, I believe it is the right time for Nevada and myself to pass the torch,” said Nevada Republican Mark Amodei in a statement on Friday.
Amodei is 67 and could stick around at least another three or four terms in his safe red seat if he really wanted to. But he was there while the GOP were in the minority for four years, and no doubt he fucking hated it – especially in 2019 he got reamed out for he reacting too fast to the first reporting on the Ukraine shakedown attempt that lead to Trump’s first impeachment. Not hard to imagine the frustrations of that stretch are weighing on his decision to quit.