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Table 407

Members of Congress -- Incumbents Re-elected

					1964	1966	1968	1970	1972	1974	1976	1978	1980	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
Members of Congress -- Incumbents Re-elected
Midterm Elections	Representatives	Incumbent Candidates	Defeated In	General Election		41		12		40		19		29		6		15		34		6
			Defeated In	Primary		8		10		8		5		10²		3		1		4		1
			Re-elected	Number		362		379		343		358		354		385		390		349		395
			Re-elected	Percent Of Candidates		88.1		94.5		87.7		93.7		90.1		97.7		96.1		90.2		97.8
			Total			411		401		391		382		393		394		406		387		404
		Retirements¹				22		29		43		49		40		40		27		48		23
	Senators	Incumbent Candidates	Defeated In	General Election		1		6		2		7		2		7		1		2		3
			Defeated In	Primary		3		1		2		3		0		0		0		0		0
			Re-elected	Number		28		24		23		15		28		21		31		24		26
			Re-elected	Percent Of Candidates		87.5		77.4		85.2		60.0		93.3		75.0		96.9		92.3		89.7
			Total			32		31		27		25		30		28		32		26		29
		Retirements¹				3		4		7		10		3		6		3		9		5
Presidential-year Elections	Representatives	Incumbent Candidates	Defeated In	General Election	45		9		13		13		31		16		6		24³		21		6
			Defeated In	Primary	8		4		12		3		6		3		1		19²		2		3
			Re-elected	Number	344		396		365		368		361		392		402		325		361		394
			Re-elected	Percent Of Candidates	86.6		96.8		93.6		95.8		90.7		95.4		98.3		88.3		94.0		97.8
			Total		397		409		390		384		398		411		409		368		384		403
		Retirements¹			33		23		40		47		34		22		23		65		50		32
	Senators	Incumbent Candidates	Defeated In	General Election	4		4		5		9		9		3		4		4		1		6
			Defeated In	Primary	1		4		2		0		4		0		0		1		1		0
			Re-elected	Number	28		20		20		16		16		26		23		23		19		23
			Re-elected	Percent Of Candidates	84.8		71.4		74.1		64.0		55.2		89.7		85.2		82.1		90.5		79.3
			Total		33		28		27		25		29		29		27		28		21		29
		Retirements¹			2		6		6		8		5		4		6		7		13		5

Footnotes

¹ Does not include persons who died or resigned before the election.

² Number of incumbents defeated in primaries by other incumbents due to redistricting: six in 1982 and four in 1992.

³ Five incumbents defeated in general election by other incumbents due to redistricting.

Source

Ornstein, Norman J., Thomas E. Mann, and Michael J. Malbin, Vital Statistics on Congress, 1995-1996, Congressional Quarterly, Inc., Washington, DC, 1995; Congressional Quarterly, Inc., Washington, DC, American Votes, biennial (copyright).

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