{"id":43330,"date":"2025-06-10T05:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=43330"},"modified":"2025-06-10T05:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:52:43","slug":"tennessee-republican-mark-green-to-resign-from-congress-for-private-sector-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=43330","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Republican Mark Green to resign from Congress for private-sector job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., said Monday that he will resign from Congress<\/a> after it passes a massive policy bill to advance President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that I announce my retirement from Congress. Recently, I was offered an opportunity in the private sector that was too exciting to pass up,\u201d Green said in a statement, adding that he notified Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., that he would vacate his seat after the House\u2019s next vote on the legislative package that’s currently in the Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once Green\u2019s resignation takes effect, the House will have 219 Republicans and 212 Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House has experienced significant turnover in recent months with retirements and deaths. Rep. Gerry Connolly<\/a>, D-Va., died in May, and Democratic Reps. Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Sylvester Turner of Texas died in March, while Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., resigned from his House seat at the beginning of the year to join the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green, the chair of the Homeland Security Committee, represents a safe Republican district in Tennessee that covers middle and Western parts of the state, including parts of Nashville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green, a former Army medic first elected in 2018, had announced his intentions to retire during Congress\u2019 previous session, but he reversed course weeks later. He won re-election in November with 59.5% of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Tennessee law, Republican Gov. Bill Lee must order a special election within 10 days of Green’s resignation, set a date for primary elections to occur within 55 to 60 days from the resignation and schedule a subsequent general election to take place within 100 to 107 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, Green oversaw impeachment proceedings against Alejandro Mayorkas, who was former President Joe Biden\u2019s secretary of homeland security. The impeachment vote fell short on the House floor<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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