Congressional Call for Biden to Step Down: 31 Democrats Urge New Leadership

Thirty-one congressional Democrats have urged President Joe Biden to forego his re-election bid following his debate performance against Donald Trump. These lawmakers represent over 10% of Democrats in Congress. The list includes both senators and representatives, who believe new leadership is required for the upcoming election.

Thirty-one congressional Democrats have made a public call for President Joe Biden to end his re-election bid. This comes after the 81-year-old incumbent's faltering debate performance against Republican challenger Donald Trump.

The group represents more than one in 10 Democrats in Congress, where Biden's party holds 213 seats in the House of Representatives and 51 in the Senate. Here is a list of Democratic U.S. lawmakers who have publicly and directly called for Biden to withdraw from the race.

SENATORS Martin Heinrich (New Mexico), Jon Tester (Montana), and Peter Welch (Vermont).

REPRESENTATIVES Earl Blumenauer (Oregon's 3rd district), Ed Case (Hawaii's 1st district), Sean Casten (Illinois's 6th district), Jim Costa (California's 21st district), Angie Craig (Minnesota's 2nd district), Lloyd Doggett (Texas's 35th district), Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (Illinois's 4th district), Raul Grijalva (Arizona's 7th district), Jim Himes (Connecticut's 4th district), Jared Huffman (California's 2nd district), Greg Landsman (Ohio's 1st district), Mike Levin (California's 49th district), Zoe Lofgren (California's 18th district), Seth Moulton (Massachusetts's 6th district), Betty McCollum (Minnesota's 4th district), Scott Peters (California's 50th district), Brittany Pettersen (Colorado's 7th district), Mark Pocan (Wisconsin's 2nd district), Mike Quigley (Illinois's 5th district), Pat Ryan (New York's 18th district), Adam Schiff (California's 28th district), Brad Schneider (Illinois's 10th district), Hillary Scholten (Michigan's 3rd district), Mikie Sherrill (New Jersey's 11th district), Adam Smith (Washington's 9th district), Eric Sorensen (Illinois's 17th district), Greg Stanton (Arizona's 4th district), and Marc Veasey (Texas's 33rd district).

(With inputs from agencies.)