CNN's Harry Enten accused House Republicans of retiring to avoid a potential mid-term bloodbath. This follows the retirement of House Transportation Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO). Enten suggested that most House retirements since 1930 have been done so far this cycle, surpassing the former record of 34 in the 2018 cycle. He also noted that far fewer Democrats are retiring this cycle than Republicans. He suggested that when one party runs for the exits, it is because they believe something good is going to happen. However, he noted that while the average loss for the president party is 34, the least likely was nine.