The North Carolina congressional delegation will go through a major shakeup after the 2024 election.

What You Need To Know

  • Five of 14 U.S. House members aren’t running for re-election

  • Three Democrats aren't running because of new Congressional map

  • Two Republicans also aren't running 

Five of the state’s 14 members of the House of Representatives aren’t running for reelection.

Democrat Rep. Kathy Manning made the announcement last week. 

“I’ve spent the past two months agonizing about this decision,” Manning told Spectrum News 1.

Manning is in her second term representing the Greensboro area in Congress. Her seat was Democratic in 2022 but when state Republican lawmakers released their new congressional map last month, Manning’s district was solidly Republican.

She had to decide whether to run a very difficult reelection race or leave Congress. 

"I can’t in good conscience ask people to work their hearts out and spend their time, resources and energy working for me in a seat that is certainly not winnable,” Manning said.

She is one of numerous lawmakers calling it quits from the state.

Under the congressional map (D) Rep. Jeff Jackson of the Charlotte area and (D) Rep. Wiley Nickel of the Raleigh area also got drawn into much more Republican districts.

Jackson is running for state attorney general, and Nickel is eyeing a U.S. Senate run in 2026.

"We just didn’t have a path to run in the new 13th district,” Nickel told Spectrum News 1.

Two Republicans, not because of the new congressional map, are also not running. 

Rep. Dan Bishop is running for state attorney general, and Rep. Patrick McHenry is stepping down after his term is complete. 

McHenry has 20 years in Congress, and he told Spectrum News 1 earlier this month he felt it was time to leave.

“It’s been a tough year, yes, but I think it’s been a meaningful year. And I think we’ve gotten some good public policy out of it,” McHenry said.

With more than a third of North Carolina’s members departing the House of Representatives, the state will lose significant Democratic influence in Congress and will lose seniority. 

Candidate filing ended last week and a number of big Republican names entered the open congressional races, including N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore and former Rep. Mark Walker. 

Many of the Republican primaries in the open congressional races are crowded, which could create potentially expensive races leading up to the primary on March 5. 

Reps. Kathy Manning, Dan Bishop, Patrick McHenry, Wiley Nickel and Jeff Jackson aren't running for reelection. (Spectrum News 1)