GOP’s Gallagher Won’t Seek Reelection, Adds to House Departures


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(Bloomberg) -- Representative Mike Gallagher, a Republican from Wisconsin who broke with most of his colleagues by refusing to vote for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, said he won’t seek reelection in November. Gallagher, the chairman of a House committee looking into China’s military and economic threats to the US, has faced a party backlash after helping halt the impeachment effort and landing House Speaker Mike Johnson with an unexpected defeat on Tuesday. Gallagher, 39, was once considered a rising star in the party. He dove into the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, saying he...