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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for March 22, 2023

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By Scott Rasmussen

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March 22, 2023: In the 2022 midterm elections, 2,884 candidates ran for 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 seats in the U.S. Senate. This means that 1 in 6 candidates, or 16%, were actually elected.

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