Rep. Tom Graves Announces Retirement From House, Citing Family

Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) (3rd L) speaks as (L-R) House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), then-Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) look on during a news briefing at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 13, 2017. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images

Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) announced Thursday that he would not be seeking reelection in 2020.

The 49-year-old lawmaker was first elected in 2009 after having served in Georgia’s state House of Representatives. Graves sits on the House Committee on Appropriations and serves as the vice-chairman of the Committee on the Modernization of Congress.