A flood of lawmakers eyeing off-ramps from Washington are launching bids for governor — a record-setting exodus of congressional incumbents vying to be their states’ next chief executive.
Senators and representatives alike have long looked to state elections to trade their congressional seats for a ticket back home. But the rate at which members of Congress are sidestepping reelection this cycle to vie for the governor’s mansion has peaked — marking the most sitting lawmakers to run for governor in well over a decade, according to a POLITICO analysis of election data.
“It’s my intense, intense frustration with how Congress works today, where I…
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