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    Another reason Democrats will have difficulty retaking the US Senate this fall: Republicans’ historical advantage in holding open seats

Another reason Democrats will have difficulty retaking the US Senate this fall: Republicans’ historical advantage in holding open seats

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This fall, the Democrats face a challenging US Senate map, defending 25 seats to the GOP’s nine. For some on the left, one ray of hope has been the retirement of four Republican Senators, leading to open seat contests. In new research, Hanna K. Brant, L. Marvin Overby, and Theodore J. Masthay suggest that this optimism may be misplaced. […]

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    Republicans prefer to serve in the Senate over the House: for them, it represents the ultimate realistic office.

Republicans prefer to serve in the Senate over the House: for them, it represents the ultimate realistic office.

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The vast majority of the members of both houses of Congress tend to win reelection when they stand. But what about retirement? While House Republicans tend to retire at higher rates than their Democratic counterparts, this does not hold for the Senate. Theodore J. Masthay and L. Marvin Overby find that Republican and Democratic Senators retire at very similar […]

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