Capps Will Not Run for Re-Election

Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) announced she “will retire at the end of her term in 2016, opening up the competitive California congressional seat for the first time since she was elected in 1998,” National Journal reports.

“Capps took over the seat nearly two decades ago when her husband, Rep. Walter Capps, died during his first term in Congress… Capps’s daughter, Laura Capps, has been rumored as a potential replacement, and she moved back to the congressional district full-time last month.”