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Twice as many Republicans term-limited in 2018 state legislative elections
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Middleton, Wis. - August 9, 2017: Today, Ballotpedia released new analysis on the impact term limits will have on 2018 state legislative elections. The analysis found that Republicans have twice as many state legislators term-limited in 2018 than Democrats. A total of 86 Democrats are term-limited, while 177 Republicans are term-limited. In even-numbered election years between 2010 and 2016, Democrats averaged 128 term-limited legislators, while Republicans averaged 139 term-limited legislators. Researchers reviewed the 6,066 state legislative seats up for election in 2018 and found that 271 current legislators will be ineligible to run due to term limits.
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The analysis found that a total of 271 state legislators—96 state senators and 175 state representatives—are ineligible to run in the 2018 elections because of term limits. This represents 4 percent of the 6,066 total seats up for election in November 2018. The 2018 elections have the second-highest number of term-limited state legislators since Ballotpedia began to track term limits in 2010. In 2010, 375 state legislators were term-limited.
The Michigan State Senate and the Missouri House of Representatives have the highest percentage of legislators affected by term limits in 2018. In the Michigan Senate, 68 percent of the chamber is term-limited in 2018, while 27 percent of the Missouri House cannot run for office again in 2018 due to term limits.
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