Dana Wsye, ‘Pills & Remedies’, from the series ‘Jesus Had A Sister Productions’, 1996-2003
Canadian artist creates fictitious pharmaceutical company that uses 60′s retro and kitsch imagery to sell cures and remedies that aim to dissect our utopic quest for perfection.
“take wrong turns. talk to strangers. open unmarked doors. and if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. do things without always knowing how they’ll turn out. you’re curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. there are so many adventures that you miss because you’re waiting to think of a plan. to find them, look for tiny interesting choices. and remember that you are always making up the future as you go.”
“do not fall in love with people like me. i will take you to museums, and parks, and monuments, and kiss you in every beautiful place, so that you can never go back to them without tasting me like blood in your mouth. i will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible. and when i leave you will finally understand, why storms are named after people.”
i gotchu. here’s some of my favorite make out jams:
• Kendrick Lamar // LOVE (Ft. ZACARI)• The Weeknd // The Morning• Khalid // Saved • Daniel Caesar // Best Part (Ft. H.E.R.)• A$AP Rocky // L$D• Kendrick Lamar // All The Stars (Ft. SZA)• Majid Jordan // One I Want (Ft. PND) • Drake // Signs • Drake // Star67 • Drake // Jungle • SZA // Love Galore (Ft. Travis Scott)• Future // Selfish (Ft. Rihanna)• The Weeknd // Die For You • Daniel Caesar // Hold Me Down• Jhene Aiko // Sativa (Ft. Swae Lee)• Charlie Puth // If You Leave Me Now • Anthony Russo // California • Childish Gambino // Redbone• Drake // With You (Ft. PartyNextDoor)• Khalid // Location • Jhene Aiko // While We’re Young • Ty Dolla $ign // Love U Better • Post Malone // I Fall Apart • Dvsn // Morning After • Majid Jordan // My Imagination (Ft. Dvsn)• Wiz Khalifa // Something New • Joji // Will He• Majid Jordan // OG Heartthrob• London Richards // Far Away• SG Lewis // Yours • Lana Del Rey // Money Power Glory• Rhye // Open• FKJ // Vibin’ Out with (((O)))• The Internet // Special Affair• Daniel Caesar // Japanese Denim• Drake // 4422 (Ft. Sampha)• Cigarettes After Sex // K.• Ta-ku // Down For You (Ft. Alina Baraz)• Drake // Own It• Al Green // Let’s Stay Together • Deptford Goth // Feel Real• Frank Ocean // Pink Matter (Ft. André 3000)• Lana Del Rey // Million Dollar Man• MOVEMENT // Us• The Weeknd // Often• Chet Faker // Talk Is Cheap• Tyler, The Creator // She (Ft. Frank Ocean)• Cashmere Cat // Mirror Maru• Miguel // Adorn• Chet Faker // I’m Into You• Son Lux // Easy• Flight Facilities // Crave You• Chris Isaak // Wicked Games• Washed Out // Feel It All Around• Majid Jordan // Her• Garrickson // Yoh Again (Ft. Qole)• Daniel Caesar // Get You (Ft. Kali Uchis)• Common Souls // Arizona• Fleetwood Mac // Black Magic Woman• Sebastian Olzanski // Nobody but Us• Alina Baraz // Fantasy (Ft. Galimaties)• Alina Baraz // Make You Feel (Ft. Galimaties) • Jordan Bratton // Drugs You Should Try It• The Weeknd // The Hills• Air // Playground Love (With Gordon Track) • Télépopmusic // Breathe• Bryson Tiller // Don’t• The Weeknd // The Morning• Roy Woods // Drama (Ft. Drake)• Jeremih // Worthy (Ft. Jhene Aiko) • SG Lewis // No Less • A.CHAL // GAZI• Tyga // Boss Up• Anitta // Downtown (Ft. J Balvin) • J. Cole // In The Morning (Ft. Drake) • Maluma // Vitamina (Ft. Arcangel) • Jacquees // B.E.D (Ft. Ty Dolla $ign & Quavo) • NAV // Wanted You (Ft. Lil Uzi Vert) • Rihanna // Kiss It Better • DaniLeigh // Play (Ft. Kap G) • Tory Lanez // Real Thing (Ft. Future) • Tory Lanez // Traphouse (Ft. Nyce) • Ariana Grande // Let Me Love You• Jeremih // Impatient (Ft. Ty Dolla $ign) • Niykee Heaton // Bad Intentions • Devvon Terrell // Temperature • Jay Park // Replay • The Neighborhood // #icanteven • Bryson Tiller // Right My Wrongs • Jeremih // Birthday Sex • MINO // BODY • Beyoncé // Rocket • August Alsina // Porn Star • Sevyn Streeter // It Won’t Stop • Trey Songz // Love Faces • Kelly Rowland // Kisses Down Low • Maribelle // Who We Are • Jooyung // Wet (Ft. Superbee) • SoMo // We Can Make Love • Dana // Up & Down • VILLAS // Fuckin Round on You • Jay Park // Replay • Paloalto // Fancy • Lisa Lopes // No Pressure • Trey Songz // I Invited Sex (Ft. Drake) • Xavier White // Real Company • Beyoncé // Crazy In Love (Remix) • DeJ Loaf // Me U & Hennessy (Ft. Lil Wayne) • Chris Brown // Lights Out (Ft. Tyga & Fat Trel) • Jacquees // Feel It• Trey Songz // Neighbors Know My Name • Maejor // Get You Alone (Ft. Jeremih) • PARTYNEXTDOOR // Wus Good / Curious • Sevyn Streeter // Sex on the Ceiling • Bryson Tiller // Exchange • DJ Drama // Wishing (Ft. Chris Brown) • Ariana Grande // Dangerous Woman • Bando Jonez // Sex You • D’african // I Fucking Lust You • ZAYN // wRoNg • Trey Songz // Na Na • The Weeknd // Next • Reneard // Strip for Me (Ft. Juicy J) • Kehlani // The Way (Ft. Chance the Rapper) • Frank Ocean // Nikes • The Weeknd // Tears In The Rain • ZAYN // PILLOWTALK • ZAYN // dRuNk • ZAYN // BeFoUr • Beyoncé // Dance for You • Jay Park // Sex Trip • Usher // Lemme See (Ft. Rick Ross) • T.I. // Private Show (Ft. Chris Brown) • Justin Timberlake // Tunnel Vision • Kirko Bangz // What Yo Name Iz? • Hyuna // Wolf (Ft. HANHE) • The Weeknd // Wicked Games • Ludacris // Sex Room (Ft. Trey Songz) • Jeremih // I Like (Ft. Ludacris) • Chris Brown // Wet The Bed (Ft. Ludacris) • Twista // Wetter (Ft. Ericka Shevon) • SoMo // Ride • Ashanti // Only U • Chris Brown // Wrist (Ft. Solo Lucci) • Timbaland // Fantasy (Ft. Money) • Rihanna // Skin • Selena Gomez // Good For You • Crush // You and I • Avenza // Young Ones • August Alsina // I Luv This Shit • The Weeknd // Party Monster • Trey Songz // All We Do • Frank Ocean // Thinkin Bout You • The Weeknd // Reminder • J. Holiday // Bed • Trey Songz // Slow Motion • Mila J // Smoke, Drink, Break-Up • Usher // Climax • Jeremih // Planes (Ft. J. Cole) • Ciara // Body Party • Post Malone // White Iverson • Drake // One Dance (Ft. WizKid & Kyla) • Joey Gatto // Back 2 U • Rihanna // Needed Me • August Alsina // Right There • Keshia Chanté // Bryson Tiller • Trey Songz // Picture Perfect • Tinashe // Party Favors (Ft. Young Thug) • DJ Boogz // #Aboutlastnight • Trey Songz // Boss (Ft. Chisanity) • Maluma // Un Polvo • The Weeknd // All I Know • Jeremih // All The Time (Ft. Lil Wayne) • Tinashe // Sacrifices • 6LACK // Prblms • Ariana Grande // Everyday (Ft. Future) • Maejor // Noir • Cherish // One Time • Lana Del Ray // Lust for Life (Ft. The Weeknd) • Trey Songz // Song Goes Off • 12AM // Save Me • Ciara // Dance Like We’re Making Love • Tinashe // Company • Corvyx // 6 Inch • Ariana Grande // Touch It • Betti // Toxic • Majid Jordan // My Love (Ft. Drake) • Rick Ross // In Vein (Ft. The Weeknd) • SZA // The Weekend • William Singe // Rush • Halsey // Now Or Never • Hozier // Work Song • Hozier // Take Me To Church • Yo Trane // Night Calls • The Black Keys // Weight Of Love • The Black Keys // Howlin’ For You • Chris Brown // Privacy • Devvon Terrell // #Wcw (Remix) • Sean Paul // Tek Weh Yuh Heart• AD // Better (Ft. Wiz Khalifa & Tory Lanez) • Tekno // Pana • Dylan Matthew // Ariana • Chase Atlantic // Into It • Belly // You (Ft. Kehlani) • Kendrick Lamar // A.D.H.D • Kendrick Lamar // Money Trees (Ft. Jay Rock) • Kendrick Lamar // Swimming Pools (Drank) • Trippie Redd // Love Scars • Eso.XO.Supreme // Power (Ft. Free5ive) • Young Scrap // Main Ting (Ft. Yung) • William Singe // Pony • TYus // Between Us (Ft. 21 Savage) • Moh Flow // Golden Boy • Sabrina Claudia // Belong To You • Fifth Harmony // Angel • Lana Del Ray // Summer Bummer • Chase Atlantic // Drugs & Money • Camila Cabello // OMG (Ft. Quavo) • Quavo // Cuffed Up (Ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR) • Romeyo Wilson // Angela • Nith // P.A • Daughter // Youth • Chet Faker // Gold • Jarrys James // Do You Remember • Bob Moses // Before I Fall • Daughter // New Ways • Fink // Make It Good • Florence + The Machine // Heavy In Ur Arms • Gotye // Hearts A Mess • Hayden Calnin // Summer • Jon Hopkins // Form By Firelight • London Grammar // Hey Now • M83 // Wait • ODESZA // Bloom • Phantogram // Fall In Love • Portishead // Over • Podfishead // Roads • Snow Patrol // Lifeboats • Wiz Khalifa // Remember U (Ft. The Weeknd) • The xx // Intro • The Weeknd // Initiation • Kings of Leon // Closer • X Ambassadors // Unsteady • Stateless // Bloodstream • Chris Brown // Back To Sleep • P-Lo // Make It Last • Ro James // Permission • Syd // Body • LANY // ILYSB - STRIPPED • Miguel // Pineapple Skies • Pleasure P // Rock with You (Ft. Plies) • JR Castro // Sexpectations • dvsn // P.O.V • SoMo // Control • JYDN // R U Down • Chris Brown // Beg For It • Meaku // All I See Is You • Miguel // How Many Drinks? • DJ Luke Nasty // Might Be • Mario // Music For Love • Elijah Blake // I Just Wanna…• Frank Ocean // Lost • Mario // Let Me Love You • Chris Brown // No BS • JAHKOY // F N Sexy • SoMo // Make Up Sex • Yo Trane // Late Night Drive • James Blake // Limit To Your Love • James Blake // Retrograde • Tank // When We • Chris Brown // Sip • Chris Brown // Who’s Gonna (NOBODY) • Kid Ink // F With U (Ft. Ty Dolla $ign) • Rihanna // Sex With Me • Roy Woods // You Love It • Tory Lanez // Say It • Marc E. Bassy // Made Love First (Ft. Kehlani) • SoMo // First • Miguel // Coffee (Fucking) • Rihanna // Love On The Rain • Chris Brown // Take You Down • Crwn // Under Blankets • Trevor Jackson // Rock Wit Me (Ft. IAMSU!) • Cassie // Me & U • Kelly Rowland // Motivation (Ft. Lil Wayne) • Khalid // Young Dumb & Broke • Trial & Error // To The Sea • PARTYNEXTDOOR // Bad Intentions • alt-J // Hunger Of The Pine • Alt-J // Tessellate • STRLGHT // Say We’ll Be Alright • SiR // Ooh Nah Nah (Ft. Masego) • Johnny Rain // Erotic City • Laxo // Set It Off • Rihanna // Yeah, I Said It • Jeris // Get Lost • Nasko // See You Again • 6LACK // First Fuck (Ft. Jhene Aiko) • James Reid // On Top • Wet // It’s All in Vain • VALNTN // Moan (Ft. Trevor Dering) • Emilia Ali // Dreamland • Wet // Turn Away • Leach // Little Taste of Heaven • Wale // DNA • Jacob Tillberg // Last Kiss • LANY // Good Girls • Jeris // The Fix • Xuitcasecity // Need Somebody (Acoustic) • Post Malone // Go Flex • 3LNO // Lifeboat • J. Cole // Wet Dreamz • Maria Lynn // All or Nothing • Pretty Ricky // Grind With Me • dvsn // Hallucinations • The Weeknd // High For This • The Weeknd // Acquainted • Sam Smith // Too Good At Goodbyes • Lorde // The Love Club • Kanye West // Flashing Lights • G-Eazy // Him & I (Ft. Halsey) • Kendrick Lamar // LOYALTY (Ft. Rihanna) • Maria Lynn // Diamonds • Wet // The Middle • Kanye West // Devil In A New Dress • Tavi Montelle // Stained (Freestyle) • Ed Sheeran // Perfect • blackbear // idfc (Tarro Remix) • metr // The Run (Ft. Simon Jonasson) • metr // Lost My Heart (Ft. Brado Sanz) • Avenza // The Voyager • Mickey Blue // Attached • Frank Ocean // White Ferrari • Frank Ocean // Ivy • Frank Ocean // Pink + White • Banks // Fuck With Myself • Banks // Gemini Feed • Banks // Before I Ever Met You • Banks // Beggin For Thread • Flume // Never Be Like You (Ft. Kai) • Meltycanon // thankful • Kehlani // Keep On • Flume // Holdin On • Flume & Cher Faker // Drop The Game • Disclosure // Latch (Ft. Sam Smith) • Miguel // Sure Thing • The xx // Heart Skipped a Beat • The xx // Angels • Mac Miller // Weekend (Ft. Miguel) • The Beach // Bite My Tongue • The Beach // Bridge Back to Your Heart • Glass Animals // Season 2 Episode 3 • Drake // Passionfruit • Joe Heartz // Playing for You (Ft. Bassette) • Miguel // Simple Things • Stesso // Addicted (Ft. Johnning) • Two Feet // Go Fuck Yourself • EJ Noro // Body On You (Ft. Evan Fogarty) • Jacob Tillberg // Shape of You • The Weeknd // Sidewalks (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) • The Weeknd // Prisoner (Ft. Lana Del Ray) • The Weeknd // Tell Your Friends • dvsn // With Me • SOHN // Conrad • JYNR // Twenty Ten • Auram // Nothing Else (Ft. Kyross) • blackbear // santa monica & la brea • LANY // quit • Punker // Perseus (Ft. Let7ing) • They. // All • Childish Gambino // III. Telegraph Ave • Portugal. The Man // Feel It Still • Wahlstedt // Sex with You (Ft. AMAANDA) • Mac Miller // Favorite Part (Ft. Ariana Grande) • 90 Miles // I Want Your Soul • Oh Wonder // Shark • Oh Wonder // Technicolour Beat • Oh Wonder // The Rain • Oh Wonder // Body Gold • Fyfe // For You • Rayland Baxter // Bad Things • Bishop Briggs // River • Wyvern Lingo // Used • Ciaran Lavery // Lovers Who Make Love • HONNE // All in the Valve • HONNE // Warm on a Cold Night • Kid Cudi // Man On The Moon • The Civil Wars // Devil’s Backbone • Beyoncé // Drunk In Love (Ft. Jay Z) • Beyoncé // Partition • Arctic Monkeys // Piledriver Waltz • Arctic Monkeys // Arabella • Arctic Monkeys // Do I Wanna Know? • The 1975 // Me • The 1975 // Sex • Paramore // The Only Exception • Justin Timberlake // Blue Ocean Floor • LIOHN // Over U • T-Pain // Pu$$y On The Phone • H.E.R. // Hopes Up • James Bay // Move Together • The Weather Station // Thirsty • The Careful Ones // Revelry • Seinabo Sey // Hard Time • MAASAI // The Healer • NF // Let You Down • Jhene Aiko // The Pressure • Jhene Aiko // The Worst • dvsn // Thank About Me • Ginuwine // Pony • Bryson Tiller // Let Me Explain • Opal // Loving You (Ft. Querubyna) • R. Kelly // Strip For You • R. Jelly // Bump n’ Grind • Joe // Get A Little Closer • Justin Timberlake // Until The End Of Time • Pretty Ricky // Love Like Honey • Silk // Freak Me • Silk // Meeting In My Bedroom • Trey Songz // Jupiter Love • Janet Jackson // Someday Is Tonight • Lloyd // Naked • Lloyd // Feels So Right • Lloyd // Lay It Down • Pharrell Williams // Take It Off (Dim The Lights) • One Chance // Sexin On You • Lil Rufus // Ready • LL Cool J // Doin’ It • Usher // Seduction • Usher // Lay You Down • Keri Hilson // Make Love • Blackstreet // Deep • Tyrese // Sings of Love Makin’• Ginuwine // So Anxious • Frank Ocean // Super Rich Kids (Ft. Earl Sweatshirt) • Saint Luk3 // Pineapple Express (Ft. Dj Bowden) • Cautious Clay // Cold War (IAMNOBODI Remix) • The Weeknd // Reminder - Remix (Ft. Young Thug & A$AP Rocky) • Cheat Codes // Sex (Ft. Kris Kross Amsterdam) • Kendrick Lamar // Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe - Remix (Ft. Jay Z) • SZA // The Weekend // Funk Wav Remix (Ft. Calvin Harris) • Miguel // Come Through and Chill (Ft. J. Cole & Salaam Remi) • Twista // Slow Jamz (Ft. Kanye West & Jamie Foxx) • Lorde // Homemade Dynamite (Ft. Khalid, Post Malone & SZA)
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GOP Representative Trey Gowdy of South Carolina and Democratic Representative Bob Brady of Pennsylvania won’t seek another term, becoming the latest members of Congress to forego reelection. Here's a running list of all the lawmakers calling it quits.
The Republican Party has Made No Secret of Their Hatred for the United States Federal Government, and the Nation’s Democracy, Integrity or Accountability.
After 8 years of sexually harassing, demeaning and degrading one Secretary, and blocking all the efforts made by one President to rebuild the country’s collapsing infrastructure, invest in unrestricted access to education and healthcare, support American’s veterans, or pay for America’s Petro-imperialist oil wars… A generation of Republican Temporary Employees will be collecting their annual retirement check of $200,000, along with full federal health insurance and for life.
Here is a List of Traitors and Collaborators Responsible for Putting President Putin in control of the White House, Supreme Court and State Department.
Senate Republicans Retiring Outright
Bob Corker, Tennessee
2016 presidential election: +26.15 Trump
2012 Senate election: +34.6 Corker
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opted against running for a third term and promptly intensified his criticism of the president, whom he had praised during the election. Trump alleged that Corker “begged” for his endorsement, while Corker said it was Trump who urged him to run again.
Jeff Flake, Arizona
2016 presidential election: +3.57 Trump
2012 Senate election: +3.9 Flake
He decided to leave after a single term rather than wage what would have been a brutal fight for reelection, first in a primary against a hard-right Trump backer, Kelli Ward, and then, if he won, against a centrist Democrat, Representative Kyrsten Sinema, in the general election. Flake had lost his base in Arizona: His criticism of Trump in his recent book, Conscience of a Conservative, alienated the president’s GOP backers, while his conservative voting record put off Democrats.
Orrin Hatch, Utah
2016 presidential election: +17.9 Trump over Hillary Clinton; +23.8 Trump over Evan McMullin
2012 Senate election: +35 Hatch
The 83-year-old incumbent announced in a video message in early January that he will not seek reelection next year, creating an opening for a possible Senate bid by Mitt Romney. With seven terms under his belt, Hatch is the longest-serving Republican in the Senate. He also serves as the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
House Republicans Retiring Outright
Bob Goodlatte, Virginia 6th district
2016 presidential election: +24.8 Trump
2016 House election: +33.56 Goodlatte
Goodlatte was nearing the end of his third and final term as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, where he aligned with conservative hard-liners on immigration and voting rights. He advanced bipartisan legislation on criminal-justice reform, but it never reached the House floor.
Jeb Hensarling, Texas 5th district
2016 presidential election: +28.4 Trump
2016 House election: +61.21 Hensarling
Hensarling left the House leadership team in 2013 to head up the Financial Services Committee, and he passed up opportunities to make a conservative bid for speaker. His chairmanship will end because of term limits, but it was also marked by frustration: Hensarling’s proposals to wind down federal mortgage-lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as his overhaul of the federal flood-insurance program, proved too conservative to pass the full House.
Rodney Frelinghuysen, New Jersey 11th district
2016 presidential election: +0.9 Trump
2016 House election: +19.15 Frelinghuysen
Frelinghuysen arrived in Washington with the Republican wave of 1994 and only reached the pinnacle of his career in 2017, when he became chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. But he has faced criticism from conservatives for voting against major GOP legislation, and he was facing the race of his life this fall in a highly competitive district. His retirement gives Democrats a seat they should pick up if they’re going to reclaim the majority.
Trey Gowdy, South Carolina 4th district
2016 presidential election: +25.7 Trump
2016 House election: +36.21 Gowdy
Despite rising quickly up the ranks of House Republicans, Gowdy had made no secret of his dissatisfaction serving in Congress, and in January he announced he would give up the chairmanship of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after less than a year. He’ll return to the justice system, where he served as a federal prosecutor.
Darrell Issa, California 49th district
2016 presidential election: +7.5 Clinton
2016 House election: +0.52 Issa
Issa in January became one of the most recognizable House Republicans to announce his retirement. A former chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, he served as the chief congressional inquisitor of the Obama administration for several years. Issa is annually ranked as one of the wealthiest members of Congress, having co-founded the company behind the Viper car alarm (for which he famously provided the voice). But he was in for the fight of his life to win reelection after nearly losing in 2016 in a district that Hillary Clinton carried over Donald Trump.
Joe Barton, Texas 6th district
2016 presidential election: +12.3 Trump
2016 House election: +19.31 Barton
The dean of Texas’s large Republican delegation, Barton was planning to seek a 17th term before lewd texts and photos he had sent to women with whom he had extramarital affairs leaked online. During the course of his long career in Congress, he served as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Lamar Smith, Texas 21st district
2016 presidential election: +10.00 Trump
2016 House election: +20.56 Smith
His is another term-limits retirement. An arch-conservative first elected in 1986, Smith likely would have had nowhere higher to go after finishing his tenure as chairman of the Space, Science, and Technology Committee, which he used to fight policies and funding to combat climate change.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida 27th district
2016 presidential election: +19.6 Clinton
2016 House election: +9.79 Ros-Lehtinen
A former chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Ros-Lehtinen never endorsed Trump and became one of his most vocal GOP critics in Congress. She retires after 28 years in the House. As a moderate, she voted frequently against top Republican priorities, including Obamacare repeal and the budget. Her South Florida district now becomes a prime pickup opportunity for Democrats.
Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania 15th district
2016 presidential election: +7.6 Trump
2016 House election: +19.63 Dent
As co-chairman of the moderate Tuesday Group in the House, Dent was one of his party’s most vocal critics, often voicing his frustration either with the president or the influence of the conservative Freedom Caucus in steering legislation to the right. He said the lack of a governing coalition in Congress contributed to his decision to retire after seven terms.
Dave Reichert, Washington state 8th district
2016 presidential election: +3.00 Clinton
2016 House election: uncontested
A former leader of the Tuesday Group, Reichert is another moderate retiring after seven terms. Though he won his recent elections easily, his district was once one of the most competitive in the nation and could be again next year.
Pat Tiberi, Ohio 12th district
2016 presidential election: +11.3 Trump
2016 House election: +36.73 Tiberi
Whereas others on this list retired after being term-limited out of committee chairmanships, Tiberi’s decision may have more to do with a post he never won. The veteran Ohio Republican lost out to Kevin Brady of Texas in his bid to lead the Ways and Means Committee after Paul Ryan left the job to become speaker. Tiberi was a close ally of former Speaker John Boehner, and he, too, became frustrated with the dysfunction in Congress. He won’t serve out the rest of his term, choosing instead to take a job as president of the Ohio Business Roundtable early next year.
Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey 2nd district
2016 presidential election: +4.6 Trump
2016 House election: +21.99 LoBiondo
LoBiondo’s retirement after 12 terms gives Democrats a major pickup opportunity in New Jersey. First elected in the Republican wave of 1994, he broke with his party to oppose Obamacare-repeal legislation, the GOP budget, and the tax bill.
Lynn Jenkins, Kansas 2nd district
2016 presidential election: +18.4 Trump
2016 House election: +28.38 Jenkins
Jenkins’ announcement in January that she would not seek a sixth term in the House was one of the earliest and most surprising of the Republican retirements. She had served in the House leadership and was mentioned as a possible gubernatorial candidate in Kansas, but she said she would not run for any office in 2018.
Sam Johnson, Texas 3rd district
2016 presidential election: +14.2 Trump
2016 House election: +26.63 Johnson
Johnson is revered in the House for his Air Force service in both Korea and Vietnam, where he was held—and tortured—as a prisoner of war for seven years. The 87-year-old is retiring from a safe Republican seat after more than a quarter-century in Congress.
John Duncan Jr., Tennessee 2nd district
2016 presidential election: +35.4 Trump
2016 House election: +51.29 Duncan Jr.
Duncan will have served in the House for 30 years by the time he leaves next year. Though he votes with Republicans on domestic issues, he opposed the Iraq War and supports a non-interventionist foreign policy. His district should be an easy hold for Republicans.
Ted Poe, Texas 2nd district
2016 presidential election: +9.3 Trump
2016 House election: +24.26 Poe
Now in his seventh term, Poe is a former Houston judge known for ending each of his floor speeches with a variation on Walter Cronkite’s longtime sign-off, “And that’s just the way it is.” He was diagnosed with leukemia in 2016.
Dave Trott, Michigan 11th district
2016 presidential election: +4.4 Trump
2016 House election: +12.76 Trott
Trott was a first-time candidate when he won his seat in the House in 2014. He decided he preferred the private sector, however, announcing in September that he would return home after just two terms.
Tim Murphy, Pennsylvania 18th district
2016 presidential election: +19.6 Trump
2016 House election: uncontested
Murphy resigned the seat he held for 15 years in October after it was revealed that he allegedly asked a woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair to get an abortion. Reports that he presided over a toxic work culture in his House office soon followed. A special election to fill his seat will be held on March 13.
Trent Franks, Arizona 8th district
2016 presidential election: +21.1 Trump
2016 House election: +37.13 Franks
Franks is leaving for perhaps the most unusual reason: He abruptly announced in December that he would resign after acknowledging that he had asked two members of his staff to carry his and his wife’s child as surrogates, making them “uncomfortable.” His announcement came on the same day as the House Ethics Committee said it was opening an investigation into the situation.
Blake Farenthold, Texas 27th district
2016 presidential election: +23.6 Trump
2016 House election: +23.39 Farenthold
Farenthold announced he would not seek a fifth term after several former staffers accused him of harassment and of verbally abusive behavior in his congressional office. He initially resisted pressure to bow out even after the House Ethics Committee opened a new inquiry into his alleged behavior.
Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania 9th district
2016 presidential election: +42.5 Trump
2016 House election: +26.68 Shuster
Shuster, the chairman of the House Transportation Committee, announced in early January that he’ll spend 2018 on developing an infrastructure plan instead of running for reelection. “I thought it was the best decision for me to focus 100 percent on my final year as the chairman of the Transportation Committee, working with the president and other Democrats and Republicans to pass an infrastructure bill, which is much needed to rebuild America,” he told The Washington Examiner. Shuster first won election to the House in 2001.
Gregg Harper, Mississippi 3rd district
2016 presidential election: +24.5 Trump
2016 House election: +35.83 Harper
Harper, the chairman of the House Administration Committee, said he made the decision not to seek reelection over the holidays. “I never intended for this to be a career, and it will soon be time for another conservative citizen legislator to represent us,” he said in a statement in early January. Harper’s committee has recently received a great deal of attention as the panel charged with addressing sexual harassment in the lower chamber. The five-term congressman joins a number of other Republican committee chairmen who are stepping down.
Ed Royce, California 39th district
2016 presidential election: +8.6 Clinton
2016 House election: +14.46 Royce
The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Royce is yet another committee leader who chose retirement over a return to the back bench once his tenure with the gavel was up. Royce will finish his 13th term in 2018, and his departure creates a top pick-up opportunity for Democrats in Southern California.
Patrick Meehan, Pennsylvania 7th district
2016 presidential election: +2.3 Clinton
2016 House election: +18.93 Meehan
Meehan announced in January that he wouldn’t run for a fifth term following the revelation that he settled a claim of sexual harassment made against him by a former staffer. The House Ethics Committee—a panel of which Meehan was a member—had already begun an investigation, and the congressman acknowledged that he had developed a deep affection for the woman while denying improper behavior. His departure opens up a strong pick-up opportunity for Democrats in what was already a competitive district.
House Republicans Running for Higher Office in 2018
Diane Black, Tennessee 6th district
2016 presidential election: +48.9 Trump
2016 House election: +49.29 Black
First elected in 2010, Black served this year as chairwoman of the House Budget Committee before deciding not to seek reelection and run for governor instead. With the 2018 budget finally adopted, she may leave her seat early to focus on her next campaign.
Luke Messer, Indiana 6th district
2016 presidential election: +40.3 Trump
2016 House election: +42.44 Messer
Now serving his third term in the House, Messer is facing off against fellow Indiana Representative Todd Rokita in a primary for the right to challenge Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly. He represents the seat once held by Vice President Mike Pence.
Todd Rokita, Indiana 4th district
2016 presidential election: +34.1 Trump
2016 House election: +34.12 Rokita
Rokita entered Congress one term before Messer. He made a brief bid for governor in 2016 after Pence was named as Donald Trump’s running mate, but he was able to retain his House seat after Republicans picked Lieutenant Governor Eric Holcomb. He won’t have that luxury if he loses the Senate race because the primaries for the Senate and House are on the same day.
Steve Pearce, New Mexico 2nd district
2016 presidential election: +10.2 Trump
2016 House election: +25.48 Pearce
After serving two separate stints covering seven terms in the House, the conservative Pearce is running to succeed Susana Martinez as governor of New Mexico. Republicans remain favored to keep his House seat.
Raul Labrador, Idaho 1st district
2016 presidential election: +38.3 Trump
2016 House election: +36.36 Labrador
Labrador defeated a GOP establishment-backed candidate in a 2010 primary before beating a centrist Democratic incumbent during the Tea Party wave that November. His decision to run for governor may be a blessing for GOP leaders, as he was a frequent conservative critic and member of the House Freedom Caucus during his tenure. Republicans should hold his seat easily next year.
Jim Renacci, Ohio 16th district
2016 presidential election: +16.6 Trump
2016 House election: +30.66 Renacci
One of the wealthiest members of Congress, Renacci originally announced plans to leave the House after four terms to run for governor of Ohio. But in January he decided to run for Senate instead after a leading Republican candidate, Josh Mandel, withdrew from that race.
Lou Barletta, Pennsylvania 11th district
2016 presidential election: +23.8 Trump
2016 House election: +27.34 Barletta
Barletta was a Trump Republican before Trump and became one of the first to endorse the president’s campaign. A longtime crusader against illegal immigration, his Senate candidacy challenging Democratic incumbent Bob Casey will be a test of Trump’s brand in a formerly blue state that the president flipped red in 2016. Though it was held by a Democrat until Barletta won it in 2010, the 11th district is not currently expected to be competitive in the 2018 general election.
Kristi Noem, South Dakota at-large
2016 presidential election: +29.79 Trump
2016 House election: +28.21 Noem
Noem defeated Democrat Stephanie Herseth Sandlin in one of the closest races in the 2010 Republican wave. She’s giving up her House seat to run for governor, and Democrats will have a tough time winning it back.
Evan Jenkins, West Virginia 3rd district
2016 presidential election: +49.2 Trump
2016 House election: +43.91 Jenkins
Jenkins knocked off one West Virginia Democrat, Nick Rahall, to win his House seat in 2014. He’ll try to beat another, Senator Joe Manchin, in 2018. As with many of the seats Republicans are giving up to run for higher office, the 3rd district is less favorable to Democrats than it used to be.
Ron DeSantis, Florida 6th district
2016 presidential election: +17.0 Trump
2016 House election: +17.13 DeSantis
A conservative in his third term, DeSantis announced in January he would run for governor, not Congress, in 2018. His decision came just a couple weeks after Trump offered him an unexpected endorsement in a pre-Christmas tweet.
Martha McSally, Arizona 2nd district
2016 presidential election: +4.9 Clinton
2016 House election: +13.92 McSally
McSally launched her long-expected Senate campaign in January for the seat Jeff Flake is vacating. Serving her second term in the House, she had become famous as the first American woman to fly in combat during the 1990s. Republicans leaders see her as the best candidate to hold the Senate seat, but her departure gives Democrats another strong pick-up opportunity in the House.
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