Factbox-Thirty-six Democrats in US Congress have called on Biden to drop out

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at NATO's 75th anniversary summit, in Washington
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks at a press conference during NATO's 75th anniversary summit, in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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Factbox-Thirty-six Democrats in US Congress have called on Biden to drop out

By Moira Warburton

Thirty-six congressional Democrats have publicly called on Democratic President Joe Biden to end his re-election bid after the 81-year-old incumbent's halting debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump.

They represent more than one in eight Democrats in Congress, where Biden's party controls 213 seats in the House of Representatives and 51 in the Senate.

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Here is a list of the Democratic U.S. lawmakers who have publicly and directly called for Biden to not run again.

SENATORS

Sherrod Brown (Ohio)

Martin Heinrich (New Mexico)

Jon Tester (Montana)

Peter Welch (Vermont)

REPRESENTATIVES

Dean Phillips (Minnesota's 3rd district)

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Mark Takano (California's 39th district)

Earl Blumenauer (Oregon's 3rd district)

Ed Case (Hawaii's 1st district)

Sean Casten (Illinois' 6th district)

Jim Costa (California's 21st district)

Angie Craig (Minnesota's 2nd district)

Lloyd Doggett (Texas' 37th district)

Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (Illinois' 4th district)

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Raul Grijalva (Arizona's 7th district)

Jim Himes (Connecticut's 4th district)

Jared Huffman (California's 2nd district)

Greg Landsman (Ohio's 1st district)

Mike Levin (California's 49th district)

Zoe Lofgren (California's 18th district)

Seth Moulton (Massachusetts' 6th district)

Betty McCollum (Minnesota's 4th district)

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Morgan McGarvey (Kentucky's 3rd district)

Scott Peters (California's 50th district)

Brittany Pettersen (Colorado's 7th district)

Mark Pocan (Wisconsin's 2nd district)

Mike Quigley (Illinois' 5th district)

Pat Ryan (New York's 18th district)

Adam Schiff (California's 30th district)

Brad Schneider (Illinois' 10th district)

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Hillary Scholten (Michigan's 3rd district)

Mikie Sherrill (New Jersey's 11th district)

Adam Smith (Washington's 9th district)

Eric Sorensen (Illinois' 17th district)

Greg Stanton (Arizona's 4th district)

Gabe Vasquez (New Mexico's 2nd district)

Marc Veasey (Texas' 33rd district)

This article was produced by Reuters news agency. It has not been edited by Global South World.