# Issa to retire. Opening up a Rep seat in CA! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 10, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330 "2018-01-10T16:20:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/1 "2018-01-10T16:20:05Z")
> **[California GOP Rep. Darrell Issa will retire, giving Democrats another chance...](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/10/california-gop-rep-darrell-issa-will-retire-nbc-news.html)** > > Issa's decision to leave Congress follows the announced retirement of GOP Rep. Ed Royce \*Issa, who joined Congress in 2001, only narrowly got re-elected to his seat in California’s 49th Congressional District in 2016. In the presidential race, Hillary Clinton won his district by 7 percentage points. \* This is good news. Another blue seat may be coming our way. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/2 "2018-01-10T16:49:42Z")
Great news. He’s always struck me as one of the scummiest of Republicans, and good riddance to him. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/3 "2018-01-10T17:06:14Z")
Cool how Maher cornered him [here,](https://youtu.be/8MzVZE-Mk0U?t=421) albeit it briefly, about a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/4 "2018-01-10T17:41:55Z")
Go Issa, and take Nunes with you! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/5 "2018-01-10T18:38:17Z")
With Ed Royce leaving too, there are 8 GOP _[committee chairmen](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/08/ed-royce-california-retire-midterms-328414)_, and very possibly more to come, who appear not to relish life in the upcoming minority. Issa’s departure will improve the House no matter who replaces him, even if it’s only a slight-less-dishonest Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/6 "2018-01-10T18:47:59Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/10/california-gop-rep-darrell-issa-will-retire-nbc-news.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/10/california-gop-rep-darrell-issa-will-retire-nbc-news.html) > > \*Issa, who joined Congress in 2001, only narrowly got re-elected to his seat in California’s 49th Congressional District in 2016. In the presidential race, Hillary Clinton won his district by 7 percentage points. \* > > This is good news. Another blue seat may be coming our way. As I said in another thread, best news of the day so far, for me. The guy is such a disgusting crook. Yes! Another blue seat – yaaayyy!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/7 "2018-01-10T19:06:58Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Go Issa, and take Nunes with you! Not gonna happen unless Nunes retires. He won his district by more than 36% in the last election, the biggest margin of any California congresscritter. As I mentioned in another thread, it’d take a blue wave of epic proportions. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/8 "2018-01-10T20:24:20Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > As I said in another thread, best news of the day so far, for me. The guy is such a disgusting crook. > > Yes! Another blue seat – yaaayyy!! I don’t know. Steve Bannon may jump into the fray and make it very difficult for the Democrats to [del]win[/del] lose! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/9 "2018-01-10T20:39:51Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I don’t know. Steve Bannon may jump into the fray and make it very difficult for the Democrats to [del]win[/del] lose! 😃 LOL, here’s hoping…!! ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/10 "2018-01-10T21:35:48Z")
Issa was responsible for the whole Governor Gray Davis recall. He thought he would end up in the Governor’s mansion as a result. Instead we got Arnold. Arnold was OK, but still the whole thing was a partisan fuster cluck. So, I say good riddance to Issa. Unfortunately, I suspect we’re not done with him. The Governor’s mansion is still there… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/11 "2018-01-10T22:03:54Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Issa was responsible for the whole Governor Gray Davis recall. He thought he would end up in the Governor’s mansion as a result. Instead we got Arnold. Arnold was OK, but still the whole thing was a partisan fuster cluck. So, I say good riddance to Issa. > > Unfortunately, I suspect we’re not done with him. The Governor’s mansion is still there… Yeah, that was so funny to watch. He was so sure he was going to win and then Ahnold crushed his girly-man hopes because he was not sufficiently PUMPED UP POLITICALLY!!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/12 "2018-01-10T22:20:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Not gonna happen unless Nunes retires. He won his district by more than 36% in the last election, the biggest margin of any California congresscritter. As I mentioned in another thread, it’d take a blue wave of epic proportions. Sorry, I should’ve said ‘California Republican congresscritter.’ Some Dems won even bigger than that. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/13 "2018-01-12T19:41:14Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Yes! Another blue seat – yaaayyy!! Don’t count your chickens [before they hatch](https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Will-Democrats-benefit-now-that-Issa-and-Royce-12489020.php). This _may_ be helpful for the DP, but it is hardly a done deal. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/14 "2018-01-12T20:37:51Z")
I’m in Issa’s district. Last election Issa beat Applegate 50.3% to 49.7%. This should be an easy win for the dems this time around, but let’s see who runs. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/15 "2018-01-12T20:47:43Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Don’t count your chickens [before they hatch](https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Will-Democrats-benefit-now-that-Issa-and-Royce-12489020.php). This _may_ be helpful for the DP, but it is hardly a done deal. Going all the way back to the Ossof race in Georgia back in June, we’re seeing Democrats energized in ways not seen in a long time. The last time I remember Democrats and progressives having anywhere near this level of determination in a mid-term was 2006, which is the year in which they retook control of the House. And I’d say that Trump has fired them up even more than Bush did back then. Trump’s core of radicals is probably fired up to keep his agenda going strong, but many Republicans are lacking the inspiration to vote. This should be a good year for the Dems, provided they don’t fall apart over certain issues (and provided we’re able to thwart Russian hacking). Fortunately, I think Trump is uniting Democrats with each tweet. Unfortunately, Putin is lurking and the Republicans are desperate. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/16 "2018-01-13T00:38:46Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Don’t count your chickens [before they hatch](https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Will-Democrats-benefit-now-that-Issa-and-Royce-12489020.php). This _may_ be helpful for the DP, but it is hardly a done deal. That was going to be a competitive district no matter what, regardless of Issa’s retirement. But it shows that a healthy portion of the Republican establishment is losing its grip because of their ‘dear leader.’ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/17 "2018-01-13T00:57:11Z")
So if Issa and Chaffetz are up for one opening on _Fox_, steel cage death match would really be the only way. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/18 "2018-01-14T02:35:58Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Unfortunately, I suspect we’re not done with him. The Governor’s mansion is still there… It’s hard to believe he thinks he has a future in Sacramento, but it’s been noticed in his statement that Issa didn’t say he was retiring, but specifically that he wasn’t seeking re-election in the 49th district. So the rumor is that he is planning on running in the more solidly Republican 50th if Duncan Hunter doesn’t seek re-election, resigns, or flies off with the family bunny to escape indictment. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/19 "2018-01-14T14:05:54Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Yes! Another blue seat – yaaayyy!! > [@Morgenstern](#): > > I’m in Issa’s district. Last election Issa beat Applegate 50.3% to 49.7%. This should be an easy win for the dems this time around, but let’s see who runs. I only recently moved out of his district and I’m apprehensive. We got really close to voting him out last time but it wasn’t a simple matter of the district getting Blue enough to get rid of him. His own toxicity was hurting him. Right-leaning independents were starting to vote against him because they had personal dislike for _him_. Next election, those Right-leaning independents will have a chance to vote for a Republican who is _not_ Issa. Personally, I think a Republican win is _more_ likely now that Issa isn’t running again. The Democrat will have to really fight for this seat. Fingers crossed. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330/20 "2018-01-16T14:29:35Z")
Maybe Chelsea Manning will move to California instead of [Maryland](http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/368985-chelsea-manning-releases-first-campaign-ad-in-senate-run). Regards, Shodan [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issa-to-retire-opening-up-a-rep-seat-in-ca/806330.md?page=2)