This week's question was, How many state legislative incumbents have lost in primaries this year?

You answered: 9.
The correct answer was 12.

Twelve state legislative incumbents—six Democrats and six Republicans—have lost in primaries this year.

Across the three states that have held primaries, 3.5% of incumbents running for re-election have lost, down slightly from the 3.9% loss rate in 2021 and the 4.3% rate in 2019, the last time all three states held elections.

Over the preceding decade, an average of eight incumbents lost in primaries each election cycle and an average of 13 lost in general elections. Overall, from 2011 to 2021, an average of 21 incumbents lost in each odd-year election cycle.

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