Posted on 09/01/2022 11:00:03 AM PDT by cotton1706
Sitting members of Congress are being ousted from their seats at record rates, with Republicans constituting the majority of losses this election cycle.
With the 2022 primary season coming to a close, 15 members of Congress have lost their seats so far this year, representing the highest degree of turnover since the Obama administration, when the Tea Party revolution and an upswing in progressive activism led to 13 incumbents losing their primaries.
Though the defeats of New York Democratic Representatives Mondaire Jones and Carolyn Maloney in late August were the races that pushed the number into record-setting territory, the brunt of losses in Congress have been felt among Republican incumbents, several of whom supported the impeachment of former President Donald Trump over his role in the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The first election year after a redistricting cycle, according to historic election data, tends to see a higher level of incumbent turnover, often due to changing district dynamics or, like in Maloney's case, district boundaries that pit them against their fellow incumbents.
Trump's influence on the electoral environment, however, played a major factor. Of the more than a dozen incumbents to lose their primaries, nine were Republicans, with four among the few conservatives who voted to impeach the former president.
Others, like Illinois Representative Rodney Davis and West Virginia Representative David McKinley, lost to candidates backed by Trump as a result of other factors, including newly drawn district boundaries and the perception that they were too moderate to stand on the modern Republican platform.
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The shift has been even more cataclysmic down the ballot. According to an analysis by Ballotpedia, 202 incumbents have lost their primaries this election cycle, eclipsing the previous 20-year high set in 2018 by nearly 60 members.
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I welcome frequent and large elective turnover.
The media, on the other hand, wrings its hands over the loss of these oligarchs.
They talk like it’s a bad thing.
If they’re RINOS getting replaced by Trumpers then this is excellent!
Should read:
House Incumbents Being Ousted at Record Rates; It’s BETTER for Republicans
The producers in the newsrooms are lazy. It’s hard work doing scripts in the teleprompter with new names, faces, and legislative goals. Laziest freeloaders in history.
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Liz Cheney tossed out on her Fat Head.
Film at eleven.
Bye Bye RINO’s and Liz Cheney...
not mention of the 30+ demoKKKrats who “retired” before the primaries even kicked off??
Term limits...MAGA style!
Yeah, let’s just assume that’s it and then proceed to do nothing and then find out on election day that we got our a$$es handed to us! There will be no red wave unless we fight for it!
People involved in primaries is a good thing....seeing Incumbents removed is even a better thing!
“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.” ― Mark Twain
Worse for Republicans? Haha cackle, cackle.
Liz Cheney could not be reached for comment.
That was before the supreme court screwed us and made abortion a top issue (when it should not have even been on the radar). Young women who would have otherwise voted for our candidates (because of school loans, woke politics or fiscal issues) are going to be forced to vote for Democrats now!
So, women and minorities not hardest hit?
Yeah, one example of when it helped us (and that was a republican primary). Were getting destroyed in head to head matchups with Democrats this year! People have to stop being stupid on this site and get a grip on reality.
“They talk like it’s a bad thing.
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It is for libtard fake news
I think it’s wonderful
Its only part. Multi decade apparatchiks still lurk (see Fauci, Comey, Wray, et al).
“...with four among the few conservatives who voted to impeach the former president.”
They deserved it! They deserved MORE than just losing their cushy jobs!
We’re cleaning house, Sparky! No more RINOs. Patriots only need apply!
“That was before the supreme court screwed us and made abortion a top issue...”
Oh gee, how dare the Supreme Court make a proper legal decision and not consider the temporary political consequences. It’s almost like they are judges and not politicians!
“Young women ... are going to be forced to vote for Democrats now!”
Damn that Clarence Thomas for putting guns to these young sluts’ heads and forcing them to go into the booth and pull the lever for Democrats!!!
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