More Republicans Bailing From The House

Make it 21 House Republican retirements now.  Political Wire is reporting that GOP Rep. Nathan Deal will resign today from Georgia's 9th in order to puruse a run for governor.  Deal was facing an ethics investigation anyway:

The back story: "The House Ethics Committee came down hard on Charlie Rangel last week. The next case up was to look at Deal's use of his Congressional staff to protect a no-bid State contract here in Georgia. The House ethics committee was due to release their findings in this case any day. Deal's resignation probably makes this go away."

So with Deal making a deal on the no-bid deal he supposedly made, the deal is a special election will be called to fill the rest of Deal's term.

We'll see how it turns out.