WASHINGTON — Editor's Note: The above video is from October
Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC 10) will not seek reelection when his current term in the United States House of Representatives ends in 2025.
"This is not a decision I come to lightly, but I believe there is a season for everything and—for me—this season has come to an end," McHenry said in a released statement.
McHenry is serving his 10th term as the representative for North Carolina's 10th Congressional District, which extends from the suburbs of Charlotte into western North Carolina counties including Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk and Rutherford counties, and part of Catawba, Iredell and Buncombe counties.
"Thank you to my bosses at home in western North Carolina for giving me the opportunity to serve you," McHenry said in his statement Tuesday. "My goal has always been to be a voice for western North Carolina to Washington, not the other way around."
Earlier this year McHenry served as acting speaker of the house following the ousting of Kevin McCarthy.
McHenry was first elected to Congress in 2004 at the age of 29. McHenry was most recently reelected in 2022 after winning nearly 75% of the votes.
McHenry chairs the House Financial Services Committee, a role that has given him a front-row seat to important negotiations including a May meeting at the White House about the debt ceiling.
In 2015, McHenry was selected by then-House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-LA, to be the chief deputy whip, according to his official biography. As a Republican leader in Congress, McHenry has been vocal on issues and credits himself for "building consensus for the conservative policy agenda for the House Republican Conference."
Before 2004, McHenry represented the 109th District in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
He was previously appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, according to his biography.