Retirement Village

House Democrat Diane Watson of California is announcing her retirement today.

Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif., plans to announce her retirement this morning, according to the Los Angeles Times and others. The Times, citing a congressional source, says that the 76-year-old Democrat "was tiring of the cross-country trips and wanted to spend time with her mother, who recently turned 100."

On the other hand, news this morning is that GOP Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart is also announcing his retirement imminently.

18 Republicans now retiring from the House to 13 Democrats.  And Diaz-Balart's seat would be in play, surely.

[UPDATE 11:15 AM] Taegan Goddard reports that Lincoln's brother Mario will run in Lincoln's place in FL-25 and that the vacancy would move to Mario's current district (FL-21).