MP Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, has announced that he is retiring at the end of his current term, the second Republican member of Congress to do so in two days.
In a statement issued Wednesday, Gibbs said he was “confident in the future of our nation”, while criticizing what he called the “circus” of redistribution that has taken place in his state.
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Spokesman Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, speaks at a news conference. (Getty Images)
“These lengthy, lengthy proceedings, in which the Ohio Supreme Court can take weeks and months to hear and require answers and testimony from parties within days, are detrimental to the state and do not serve the people of Ohio,” he said. Gibbs. “It is irresponsible to effectively confirm the congressional chart for this election seven days before the start of voting, especially in the seventh congressional district where almost 90 percent of the electorate is new and almost two-thirds is a constituency. from another region, foreign to any expectations or connection with the current Seventh Region “.
Gibbs is the 17th House Republican to step down or seek another job ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, compared to 31 Democrats.
UNITED STATES – MARCH 20: Representative Bob Gibbs, Republican of Ohio, leaves the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (Photo by Bill Clark / CQ Roll)
Gibbs went on to say that “[t]His circus gave me the opportunity to evaluate my future “, something that led him to retire.
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Gibbs said he was “proud” of the work he had done and “grateful for the opportunity” to represent Ohio.
The announcement comes the same week that spokesman Fred Upton, R-Mich., Announced his intention to retire after serving 1986.
