Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), one of only a handful of Republicans in the House who voted to impeach President Donald Trump , has announced that …
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), one of only a handful of Republicans in the House who voted to impeach President Donald Trump, has announced that he will not seek reelection in November. Upton announced the decision in a Tuesday speech on the House floor. “Even the best stories have a last chapter. This is it for me,” Upton said. “I’ve done the zillions of airline miles back and forth. I’ve signed over a million letters, cast more votes while in the chamber here and accomplished what I set out to do with more unfinished work still yet to come.” Due to redistricting after the 2020 census, Upton was facing a tight race with another Republican. Upton, who is a part of the centrist Problem Solvers Caucus, may have faced a steep challenge in a GOP match up due to his decision to vote for Trump’s impeachment. In his address to the House, Upton called for bipartisanship. “Throughout my career, I’ve leaned on lessons from my Reagan White House days,” Upton said. “Reagan worked both sides of the aisle to get things done, caring less about who got the credit. And I made a promise that such a principle would be my guiding light.
