# Ken Buck (R, Colorado) is retiring next week **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 12, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768 "2024-03-12T19:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768/21 "2024-03-13T20:47:32Z")
Buck is hinting that more resignations are coming down the pike, and the party won’t be happy. > **[Ken Buck teases more Republican resignations are coming](https://www.newsweek.com/ken-buck-teases-more-republican-resignations-coming-1878601)** > > The Colorado House Republican hinted that the GOP's House majority could soon be over. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768/22 "2024-03-13T21:22:06Z")
So far, 14 House Republicans have announced that they’re retiring at the end of this Congress and are not seeking any other public office. An additional Republican incumbent – Rep. Jerry Carl – lost his primary when redistricting forced him into the same district as another Republican House member. I personally don’t know why any of them would want to hang around for another ten months of this bullshit when they’ve already got one foot out the door. ---
**Author:** ![MulderMuffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldermuffin/32/2862_2.png) [@MulderMuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MulderMuffin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768/23 "2024-03-14T01:50:43Z")
**fantastical pipe dream** And then the majority flipped to the Democrats and Hakeem Jeffries was elected Speaker of the House. All of the Republican committee chairs were ousted. The House met every day but Sunday for months and passed all of the legislation that’s been languishing for the past year and a half. **fantastical pipe dream** \* ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768/24 "2024-03-14T02:19:42Z")
Unlikely? Probably, but not so fantastical. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768/25 "2024-03-14T02:27:19Z")
Agreed. Certainly not likely, but not outside of the realm of possibility. And I’m not sure I would have said that a week ago. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768/26 "2024-03-14T02:29:48Z")
I’m sure Buck was on his way out, but there’s no doubt in my mind he timed this specifically to mess with Boebert and the rest of the GOP. This is just further evidence of how fractured the GOP really is. They should really abandon the Republican moniker and just call themselves the MAGA party. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-buck-r-colorado-is-retiring-next-week/998768.md?page=1)