Congressman, Steve Stivers of Ohio, the former campaign chair for House Republicans, announces he’s stepping down next month, to oversee his home state’s chamber of commerce. Stivers has been serving in the House since 2011 and enjoys strong ties with GOP leadership. He had been viewed as a potential candidate to run for the seat held by Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who’s retiring at the end of 2022. Instead, Stivers, 56, is leaving Congress, effective May 16. Stivers was chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018, a challenging midterm election year when Republicans lost the House majority. Democrats framed the election as a referendum on then-President, Trump and swept to victories across the country. Stivers served as a state senator before running for Congress. In the House, he was on the Financial Services Committee.