Dem
47
GOP
53
Another representative is calling it quits. Daniel Webster (R-FL) has been in the House for 14 years and knows that being in the House minority is no fun at all. He was speaker of the Florida House before being elected to Congress. His biggest achievement in the Florida House was sponsoring a bill that would create "covenant marriage" in Florida, which would make divorce nearly impossible.
As you can see on our retirements page, 22 Democrats and 37 Republicans are retiring. This brings to mind something about rodents and seagoing vessels. Webster has 24 grandchildren, so he can spend his retirement buying birthday presents for them.
The district was R+8 before Florida's supermander yesterday. Charlie Cook hasn't rescored it yet, but this is the kind of district that may have lost some Republicans in order to stuff them into some previously blue district. (V)