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Friday Trivia Answer

Voters decided elections for 5,875 state legislators in 44 states in 2020. In more than a majority of those races, voters re-elected the incumbent senator or representative in their district.

There are three core reasons that keep an incumbent from being re-elected.

• Retiring, running for another office, or otherwise not seeking re-election
• Losing a primary
• Losing a general election
  
  

What percentage of incumbent state legislators were elected to another term in 2020?

a. 67%
b. 78%
c. 85%
d. 91%

The correct answer was b!