GOP Colorado Rep. Ken Buck will resign from Congress by end of next week

Colorado U.S. Representative Ken Buck announced on Tuesday that he will resign from the House by the end of next week.

Buck told Fox News he will remain a member until the end of the day on March 22. That same day is also the deadline for the next batch of spending bills to avoid a shutdown.

In a brief statement sent Tuesday morning, the Republican said his terms in office were an honor, and he is looking forward to staying involved in politics. 

“It has been an honor to serve the people of Colorado’s 4th District in Congress for the past 9 years. I want to thank them for their support and encouragement throughout the years. Today, I am announcing that I will depart Congress at the end of next week,” Buck wrote in his release. “I look forward to staying involved in our political process, as well as spending more time in Colorado and with my family.”

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U.S. Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) is seen before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on “oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation” and alleged politicization of law enforcement on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 12, 2023.  (Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Buck has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since November 2014 and is currently assigned to the House Judiciary Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee.

Two weeks ago, Buck introduced a resolution that calls on Vice President Kamala Harris and the Cabinet to remove President Biden through the 25th Amendment, citing Biden’s mental and physical health.

Buck was also one of three House Republicans who opposed the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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Representative Ken Buck, a Republican from Colorado, speaks during a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S., on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Buck previously announced he was not running for another term. His resignation will squeeze the GOP’s majority even more.

The breakdown will be 431 members with 218 Republicans and 213 Democrats. Now, the GOP will only be able to lose two votes of their own on any given issue. 

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The next special election is for the seat occupied by former Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., on April 30. 

If that seat stays in Democratic hands, the new breakdown is 432 members with 218 Republicans and 214 Democrats. That would mean the margin would effectively be one seat for the GOP. 

Flip two votes, and you have a tie, and by rule, tie votes lose in the House.

A special election to succeed former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is set for May 21.