Overview
- Arrington announced Tuesday he will not run in 2026 and will leave Congress after completing his current term.
- As Budget Committee chair, he helped craft and pass President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which he cast as a capstone achievement.
- He said he will serve through January 2027 and aims to continue pursuing fiscal legislation in his final year.
- The retirement call came about a week after Trump endorsed him for reelection, while some listings still showed him filed for the March 3, 2026 GOP primary.
- Texas’s 19th District is strongly Republican, with a Dec. 8 filing deadline likely to prompt a quick GOP succession race.