Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) is calling it a career.

The Maryland Democrat announced he will not seek reelection in 2026 and will retire from Congress. He is 86 years old and first won election to Congress in 1981, replacing Rep. Gladys Spellman, who had fallen into a coma before the 1980 election and never regained consciousness. Serving over 44 years in Congress, Hoyer has been House Majority Leader on two separate occasions: from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023, both times while Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was speaker of the House.

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