Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, a former chair of both the House Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs committees, said Sunday that he will not seek another term in Congress.
The longtime Republican congressman, currently serving his 11th term representing Texas’ 10th District, made the announcement on ABC News’ “This Week,” telling host Martha Raddatz that he was “looking for a new challenge.”
A gregarious backslapper considered a defender of traditional party values in the mold of the Reagan and Bush years of foreign policy, McCaul chaired the Homeland Security Committee from 2013 through 2019. He was the ranking member on the Foreign Affairs panel from 2019 through 2023 and then chairman from 2023 through 2025. He also served as the chairman of the China Task Force, later known as House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.
