Political Wire: “Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) said “he will not run for reelection — ending months of questions about his political future after redistricting scrambled Louisiana’s congressional map,” Politico reports.
“The decision comes as Graves, a close ally of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, was staring down two difficult choices: He could either have run in his radically redrawn district, which now favors President Joe Biden by 20 points, or run against one of his fellow incumbent House Republicans in a state whose delegation is stacked with members of leadership.””