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The Transom

Running The Red Queen's Race in 2022

Everybody's angry and nothing changed

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Ben Domenech
Dec 13, 2022
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In 2022, zero incumbent Senators lost, and just one seat changed hands (in Pennsylvania). One incumbent Governor lost (in Nevada). Nine incumbent Congressmen lost. And the change in state legislative seats, it was the first election since 1934 where the incumbent party lost no chambers — Democrats gained 4. In other words: status quo. Even Nancy’s still…

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