# Gowdy retires. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 31, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901 "2018-01-31T17:45:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/1 "2018-01-31T17:45:48Z")
The Benghazi Bulldog (or Bullshitter, your call) [will not run for re-election](https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/politics/trey-gowdy-retiring/index.html). Man, talk about rats fleeing a sinking ship! ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/2 "2018-01-31T17:54:18Z")
Chaffetz retirement was interesting, and so it this one. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/3 "2018-01-31T17:54:59Z")
Are they going to be fighting for air time on Fox? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/4 "2018-01-31T17:59:00Z")
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Here’s [his statement](https://twitter.com/TGowdySC/status/958750202206318592), if you care. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/5 "2018-01-31T18:01:01Z")
Does anyone have a comprehensive list of GOP congresscritters that are resigning this year? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/6 "2018-01-31T18:02:15Z")
It’s a couple days old, but[here’s The Atlantic’s tracker.](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/the-2018-congressional-retirement-tracker/545723/) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/7 "2018-01-31T18:08:52Z")
It’s hard to run a committee that leaves no tern unstoned in investigating Hillary, the Obama Administration (easily the most corruption-free Administration of my lifetime - hell, even Ike had [Sherman Adams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Adams)), and Dems generally when the Dems aren’t in power. After awhile you run out of remotely credible targets to investigate instead of investigating the Trump Administration. What’s a guy like Trey Gowdy to do? Guess he went and did it. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/8 "2018-01-31T18:09:53Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > It’s a couple days old, but[here’s The Atlantic’s tracker.](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/the-2018-congressional-retirement-tracker/545723/) The way they’re dropping like flies these days, being a couple days out of date can make a difference! ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/9 "2018-01-31T18:14:54Z")
“return to the justice system”? Did he get a judicial nomination? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/10 "2018-01-31T18:17:40Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > “return to the justice system”? Did he get a judicial nomination? Or an indictment? ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/11 "2018-01-31T18:19:49Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > “return to the justice system”? Did he get a judicial nomination? I wondered. But they don’t normally retire until they actually get the position, do they? ---
**Author:** ![Arizona\_Mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Arizona\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arizona_Mike)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/12 "2018-01-31T18:28:02Z")
Pretty vague on his plans. New FBI Director? Attorney General? Special Prosecutor? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/13 "2018-01-31T18:28:15Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > “return to the justice system”? Did he get a judicial nomination? A circuit court position that covers SC [just came open yesterday](http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/current-judicial-vacancies). ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/14 "2018-01-31T18:34:56Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > I wondered. But they don’t normally retire until they actually get the position, do they? He’s not really retiring now, just announced that he wouldn’t be running for re-election so other aspiring politicians know they can file to campaign for the seat. He’ll still be in Congress through the rest of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/15 "2018-01-31T18:35:41Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Does anyone have a comprehensive list of GOP congresscritters that are resigning this year? > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > It’s a couple days old, but[here’s The Atlantic’s tracker.](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/the-2018-congressional-retirement-tracker/545723/) Awesome; thank you **Elvis**. That’s exactly what I was hoping for. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/16 "2018-01-31T18:45:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The Benghazi Bulldog (or Bullshitter, your call) [will not run for re-election](https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/politics/trey-gowdy-retiring/index.html). > > Man, talk about rats fleeing a sinking ship! What are the chances that a Democrat will be able to take the vacated seat? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/17 "2018-01-31T18:47:56Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > What are the chances that a Democrat will be able to take the vacated seat? In 2017 Gowdy got 67% of the vote. Seems unlikely. Cook gives it a PVI of R+15. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/18 "2018-01-31T18:49:47Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > What are the chances that a Democrat will be able to take the vacated seat? Depends on whether the Republican is a pedophile or not. ---
**Author:** ![Arizona\_Mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Arizona\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arizona_Mike)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/19 "2018-01-31T18:52:51Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > What are the chances that a Democrat will be able to take the vacated seat? Next to none. Very solidly Republican. Will probably replace Dennis Shedd on the 4th Circuit. He loves courtrooms, which is why he is the terror of every witness who comes before him in Congress. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gowdy-retires/807901/20 "2018-01-31T19:01:10Z")
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