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Brian Babin (R-Texas) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2015, representing the 36th Congressional District in east Texas. He is a dentist who first became involved in politics during Reagan’s 1980 run for president, when he served as local county chairman for the Reagan campaign . Since then he has worked to turn what had previously been a heavily Democratic region solidly Republican.
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Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011–22, representing Alabama’s 5th Congressional District. He was a member of the far-right Freedom Caucus and claimed that during President Obama’s administration the Democratic Party had launched a “war on whites.”
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About Ted Budd (R-N.C.) served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives—his first public office—from 2017–23, representing North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District. In 2022, he ran for the Senate with Trump’s endorsement and managed to win by a little more than 100,000 votes. Before being elected to office, Budd worked on his family’s … Read more
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About Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) has served Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since June 2011. He ran for reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won with more than 70 percent of the vote. Born in Iowa, he is a physician who practiced as a generalist in Jasper, Tennessee. DesJarlais’ congressional … Read more
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About Mike Garcia (R-Calif.) first won the seat to represent California’s 25th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election in May 2020. With Trump’s endorsement, he then narrowly beat Democratic candidate Christy Smith (by 333 votes) in the November general election. In 2022, Garcia ran for his second term in … Read more
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About Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) has served Ohio’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since January 2011. Facing a stiff primary challenge from Trump-backed candidate Max Miller in a district that has changed due to redistricting, he chose not to run for reelection in 2022. Gibbs is a farmer and former president of … Read more
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Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005, representing Texas’ 1st Congressional District. He is leaving Congress—along with a long trail of lies and offensive statements—at the end of 2022 after opting to run for attorney general in Texas and losing in the GOP primary to incumbent Ken Paxton.
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About Lance Gooden (R-Texas) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019, representing Texas’ 5th Congressional District (which includes parts of Dallas). Heran for reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won. A member of the ultra-conservative Republican Study Committee, Gooden considers “banning sanctuary cities” as a primary policy priority and claims that … Read more
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Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011, representing Arizona’s highly conservative 4th Congressional District. In 2022, after redistricting, he ran for reelection in the 9th Congressional District with Trump’s endorsement and once he won the GOP primary in August, the race was over since no other candidates are running in the November general election.
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Jody Hice (R-Ga.) is an evangelical who represented Georgia’s 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2015–22. He was a member of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, and chose to run for secretary of state in Georgia in 2022 instead of campaigning to keep his congressional seat.