This week's question was, What percentage of state legislative incumbents running for re-election in 2023 were defeated in primaries?

You answered: 4.7%.
The correct answer is 3.6%.

In state legislative primaries, 16 incumbents lost to challengers—3.6% of incumbents running for re-election. This is the second-largest number of incumbents defeated, tied with 16 in 2015, since Ballotpedia began gathering data in 2011.

• Six Democratic incumbents lost, 3.2% of the 187 Democratic incumbents who ran.
• Ten Republican incumbents lost, 4.0% of the 252 Republican incumbents who ran.
• The total number of incumbents who lost to primary challengers—16—is down from 17 in 2019, the last time all four states held elections, representing a 6% decrease.

The table below lists the incumbents defeated in 2023 in state legislative primaries. Click [show] to expand the table.

Click here to read more about incumbents defeated in state legislative elections.

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