Crowded Primary Expected in Maryland’s 5th District, as Candidates Aim to Replace Hoyer

'Free-for-all' unleashed as longtime lawmaker announces abrupt exit

Hoyer departure opens scramble for his seat among Democrats long waiting in the wingsby William J. Ford and Christine Condon, Maryland Matters January 9, 2026Rep. Steny Hoyer’s announcement that he will not seek reelection to the 5th District seat that he has held for the last 45 years is expected t...

Hoyer departure opens scramble for his seat among Democrats long waiting in the wings

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-5th), then House majority leader, at a Maryland Democratic Party luncheon in Annapolis in 2020 -- when he was almost 40 years into his congressional tenure. (Photo by Danielle E. Gaines/Maryland Matters)Rep. Steny Hoyer’s announcement that he will not seek reelection to the 5th District seat that he has held for the last 45 years is expected to make an already crowded race more crowded. Much more crowded. “It will probably un…

Crowded primary expected in Maryland’s 5th District, as candidates aim to replace Hoyer

Only hours after Maryland congressman Steny Hoyer announced he wasn’t running again, Democrats in Prince George’s County were being surveyed about who they might support to replace him.

'We must respect and love one another': Steny Hoyer tells the US House he’s retiring

Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., at a Democratic rally in 2022. (Photo by Danielle E. Gaines/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Maryland Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer announced Thursday he will retire from Congress at the end of this year, telling colleagues from both political parties in a floor speech he made the decision with “mixed emotion and reluctant conviction.”  Hoyer, who was first elected in 1981 and later became majority leader, joins the dozens of …

Rep. Hoyer’s retirement deprives Dems of leading pro-Israel stalwart

Democratic lawmakers and leaders are lauding Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), the longtime former No. 2 Democratic House leader, as a champion for Israel and say that his retirement, announced Thursday, will deprive Democrats of one of the leading congressional advocates of a strong U.S.-Israel relationship. Hoyer, 86, has served in Congress since 1981, and was the second-most senior House Democrat from 2007-2023. A prominent voice respected by colleagu…

Longtime pro-Israel Democrat Steny Hoyer announces retirement from Congress

Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer, Maryland’s longest-serving member of Congress and a lawmaker with longstanding close ties to the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, has announced his retirement. “I did not want to be one of those members who clearly stayed, outstayed his or her ability to do the job,” Hoyer, 86, told the Washington Post ahead of his announcement on Thursday. Hoyer, who has served in Congress since 1981 and stepped down as House majority leader…