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  1. <text id=93AC0097>
  2. <title>
  3. Members of Congress--Incumbents Re-Elected:1968-92
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics         
  7.  Elections                                           
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Time Almanac</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. Members of Congress--Incumbents Re-elected: 1968 - 1992
  13. </hdr>
  14. <body>
  15. <p>Presidential-Year Elections
  16. <table>
  17. <tblhdr><cell>Item<cell>1968<cell>1972<cell>1976<cell>1980<cell>1984<cell>1988<cell>1992
  18. <row><cell type=a>REPRESENTATIVES:<cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i>
  19. <row><cell>Incumbent candidates<cell>409<cell>390<cell>384<cell>398<cell>411<cell>409<cell>367
  20. <row><cell>Re-elected<cell>396<cell>365<cell>368<cell>361<cell>392<cell>402<cell>324
  21. <row><cell>Percent of candidates<cell>96.8<cell>93.6<cell>95.8<cell>90.7<cell>95.3<cell>98.3<cell>88.3
  22. <row><cell>Defeated:<cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell>
  23. <row><cell>In primaries<cell>4<cell>12<cell>3<cell>6<cell>3<cell>1<cell>19(1)
  24. <row><cell>In general elections<cell>9<cell>13<cell>13<cell>31<cell>16<cell>6<cell>24(2)
  25. <row><cell>SENATORS:<cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell>
  26. <row><cell>Incumbent candidates<cell>28<cell>27<cell>25<cell>29<cell>29<cell>27<cell>28
  27. <row><cell>Re-elected<cell>20<cell>20<cell>16<cell>16<cell>26<cell>23<cell>23
  28. <row><cell>Percent of candidates<cell>71.4<cell>74.1<cell>64.0<cell>55.2<cell>89.7<cell>85.2<cell>82.1
  29. <row><cell>Defeated:<cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell>
  30. <row><cell>In primaries<cell>4<cell>2<cell>-<cell>4<cell>-<cell>-<cell>1
  31. <row><cell>In general elections<cell>4<cell>5<cell>9<cell>9<cell>3<cell>4<cell>4
  32. </table>
  33. </p>
  34. <p>Midterm Elections
  35. <table>
  36. <tblhdr><cell>Item<cell>1966<cell>1970<cell>1974<cell>1978<cell>1982<cell>1986<cell>1990
  37. <row><cell type=a>REPRESENTATIVES:<cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i>
  38. <row><cell>Incumbent candidates<cell>411<cell>401<cell>391<cell>382<cell>393<cell>394<cell>407
  39. <row><cell>Re-elected<cell>362<cell>379<cell>343<cell>358<cell>354<cell>385<cell>391
  40. <row><cell>Percent of candidates<cell>88.1<cell>94.5<cell>87.7<cell>93.7<cell>90.1<cell>97.7<cell>96.1
  41. <row><cell>Defeated:<cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell>
  42. <row><cell>In primaries<cell>8<cell>10<cell>8<cell>5<cell>10(1)<cell>3<cell>1
  43. <row><cell>In general elections<cell>41<cell>12<cell>40<cell>19<cell>29<cell>6<cell>15
  44. <row><cell>SENATORS:<cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell>
  45. <row><cell>Incumbent candidates<cell>32<cell>31<cell>27<cell>25<cell>30<cell>28<cell>32
  46. <row><cell>Re-elected<cell>28<cell>24<cell>23<cell>15<cell>28<cell>21<cell>31
  47. <row><cell>Percent of candidates<cell>87.5<cell>77.4<cell>85.2<cell>60.0<cell>93.3<cell>75.0<cell>96.9
  48. <row><cell>Defeated:<cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell><cell>
  49. <row><cell>In primaries<cell>3<cell>1<cell>2<cell>3<cell>-<cell>-<cell>-
  50. <row><cell>In general elections<cell>1<cell>6<cell>2<cell>7<cell>2<cell>7<cell>1
  51. </table>
  52. </p>
  53. <list style=hang>
  54. <item>- represents zero.
  55. <item>1. Incumbents defeated in primaries by other incumbents due to redistricting. In 1982 - six, in 1992 -- four
  56. <item>2. Incumbents defeated in general election by other incumbents due to redistricting. In 1992 -- five
  57. </list>
  58. <p>Source: Congressional Quarterly, Inc., Washington, DC.
  59. </p>
  60. </body>
  61. </article>
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