seven u s senators are up for reelection in 2018.
seven u s senators are up for reelection in 2018.
how many u s senators are up for reelection in 2018?
seven
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peter tuckel examines the pattern of incumbency in his research, "length of incumbency and the reelection chances of u.s. senators" and "the initial re-election chances of appointed & elected united states senators". in his studies, tuckel examined the relationship between the length of incumbency for appointed u.s. senators and found that "only 24 percent of appointed senators are retained in office compared to 65.4 percent of the elected senators." even when removing appointed incumbents who relinquish their role voluntarily, tuckel notes that only “56.5 percent of appointees win on election day compared to 76 percent of elected office holders." upon doing so, tuckel concludes that "(appointed senators) are considerably less successful in gaining re-election than are the specially-elected incumbents…moreover, appointed senators who serve for twelve months or less actually do better than those who serve between thirteen to twenty-six months." tuckel suggests that the reason for the difference in electoral chances for appointed senators compared to incumbent senators is the amount of experience present in the two.
incumbency advantage for appointed u.s. senators