A prominent North Carolina congressman and Trump ally says he is not running for re-election next year.

• Rep. Mark Meadows will not run for re-election in 2020
• Last year, Meadows was floated as a potential candidate for White House Chief of Staff
• Meadows declined to comment when asked whether the Trump White House or re-election team had been in touch with him about filling a position

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-11th District, made the announcement Thursday, calling it a “bittersweet day.”

Meadows is in his fourth term on Capitol Hill. A key Trump ally, he has been on the front lines of defending the president during the impeachment probe.

In a statement Thursday, he said his work with the president and his administration is “only beginning.”

Meadows declined to comment when asked whether the Trump White House or re-election team had been in touch with him about filling a position.

“Certainly helping the president accomplish his objectives in anyway that I can [has] always been a top priority for me,” he said.

Last year, Meadows was floated as a potential candidate for White House Chief of Staff.

In an interview, the congressman said he has "no specific plan" to resign from his post before his term is up, but did not rule out doing so. 

Meadows arrived on Capitol Hill in 2013, and quickly rose in influence. He helped found and lead the House Freedom Caucus - a group of conservative Republicans that often bucked party leadership.

In 2015, Meadows made headlines when he filed a motion to oust then-House Speaker John Boehner. Boehner, a fellow Republican, resigned a few months later.

“I have no regrets. I’ve run the race. Hopefully I’ve finished well,” Meadows said of his time on Capitol Hill.

Asked what he viewed as the most meaningful part of his time in office, he said it was the chance to see historic things done, including the growth of the economy.

“A lot of things I’ve had a very small part of - that I’ve been able to participate in - have been very gratifying,” he said.

Two other North Carolina Republican congressmen recently announced they will not seek re-election next year. 

Reps. George Holding and Mark Walker serve in districts that will likely flip from red to blue under the newly redrawn congressional map. 

Meadows’s district, while also redrawn, is not likely to flip.