Democrats:
District Incumbent Why is he/she not running
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CA-12 Tom Lantos Has cancer
IN-07 Julia Carson Died in December 2007
NY-21 Michael McNulty Apparently had enough after 10 terms
CO-02 Mark Udall Running for Wayne Allard's Senate seat
ME-01 Tom Allen Running against S. Collins for Senate
NM-03 Tom Udall Running for Domenici's Senate seat
Republicans:
District Incumbent Why is he/she not running
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NY-25 James Walsh Can't stomach another race like 2006
NJ-03 James Saxton Apparently had enough after 12 terms
NM-01 Heather Wilson Running for Domenici's Senate seat
IL-11 Jerry Weller Probably due to growing scandals
MN-03 Jim Ramstad Not known; he could easily be reelected
NJ-07 Mike Ferguson Not known
OH-15 Deborah Pryce No. 4 in GOP leadership; minority no fun
AZ-01 Rick Renzi Would be defeated due to scandal
OH-16 Ralph Regula 82 and in the minority, he's had it
IL-14 Dennis Hastert Too many scandals and loss of power
IL-18 Ray LaHood Unknown; he is only 61
NM-02 Steve Pearce Running for Domenici's Senate seat
OH-07 David Hobson Unclear; maybe his age (71)
LA-06 Richard Baker Getting a $1M job in hedge fund industry
LA-04 Jim McCrery Ranking member of Ways and Means, sees he
will never chair it
CA-52 Duncan Hunter Was running for President
CO-06 Tom Tancredo Made an abortive run for President
MS-01 Roger Wicker Filling Trent Lott's seat in the Senate
PA-05 John Peterson Age and health reasons
CA-04 John Doolittle One scandal too many
AL-02 Terry Everett Unclear
MS-03 Chip Pickering Got bored waiting for a Senate seat
LA-01 Bobby Jindal Elected governor of Louisiana in 2007
WY-AL Barbara Cubin Probably forced out by GOP leadership