Kinzinger’s announcement videoįor Democrats, the new map comes with a lot of good, but also leaves one of the party’s liberal stars in the state in a lurch. “There’s little to no desire to bridge our differences, and unity is no longer a word we use,” he said. Kinzinger framed his decision as a conflict of focusing on both “a reelection to Congress and a broader fight nationwide,” and vowed to continue his political career. DARIN LAHOOD - who more closely aligns with Trump - into a deep-red northern slice of the state. The proverbial nail in the coffin for Kinzinger: His redrawn district now crams him and Rep. The news comes on the same day that Illinois’ legislature approved a new congressional map for the state, Ally, Shia Kapos and Olivia report. ANTHONY GONZALEZ said he would do the same. Kinzinger was among the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump, and is now the second to retire, after Ohio Rep. ADAM KINZINGER (R-Ill.), perhaps the most vocal Republican congressional critic of former President DONALD TRUMP, said today that he would not seek re-election next year, Ally Mutnick, Olivia Beavers and Quint Forgey write. Adam Kinzinger, one of the most vocal Republican congressional critics of former President Donald Trump, announced he would retire next year after a new congressional map made his path to re-election murky.
