As President Obama tries to win another four years in the White House, his fellow Democrats across the country are fighting to protect their seats. With this year’s Democratic National Convention—where Obama will be officially nominated as his party’s presidential candidate—being held in September, many embattled members of Congress are opting to stay home. Though some on the right have presented the decision to skip the convention as a sign that Obama’s own party members don’t want to associate with him, U.S. Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the group responsible for getting Democrats elected to Congress, told Reuters, “If they want to win an election, they need to be in their districts.” As more Democrats bow out of the event, The Daily Beast takes a look at who’ll miss the festivities in Charlotte, N.C., this year.