In the last 24 hours, there were two more open seats in the U.S. House. This brings to 53 the number of U.S. representatives either retiring, resigning, seeking another office, or, sadly, dying.

New Jersey Democrat Rep. Donald Payne Jr., died Thursday at age 65 after a long bout with colon cancer. The namesake son of the Garden State’s first Black congressman is a certainty to be succeeded in his Newark-area seat by a fellow Democrat.

On Friday afternoon, Florida’s veteran Republican Rep. Bill Posey announced that, at 76, he would not seek re-election. Posey cited, “circumstances beyond my control” that “require me to suspend my re-election campaign.”

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