Posted on 10/21/2022 8:05:49 AM PDT by cotton1706
Most state legislative primary defeats in over a decade
A total of 229 legislators—4.7% of those who ran for re-election—lost in primary elections this year, up 46% compared to 2020. This is both the highest number and percentage of incumbent defeats since 2010.
Republican incumbents lost at more than twice the rate of Democratic incumbents. Of the 2,568 Republicans who ran for re-election, 6.2% lost. That’s compared to 3.0% of the 2,271 Democrats who ran.
With this increase, we decided to put together a page cataloging each defeat: who won, who lost, and margin of defeat. We also looked for any notable storylines and provided brief summaries ranging from rematches to redistricting to other political conflicts.
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It would be nice to get an idea if these incumbents were being replaced by more populist / conservative members.
“It would be nice to get an idea if these incumbents were being replaced by more populist / conservative members.”
A lot of them were.
From the perspective of natural history it looks as if the GOP adapts more rapidly to change then do Democrats.
From a personal perspective I have noticed Democrats are more willing to follow “authorities” more blindly than do Republicans, so this makes sense.
It says the GOP is doing more housecleaning than the Dims.
Wow...
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