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To: SilentZ who wrote (542248)	1/8/2010 9:11:06 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575396

>Besides all that.....this is the least number of Dems AND Rs to quit/retire in years. Really? I didn't know that. Yes.....but let me correct myself....smallest number during a midterm year. I think it was 538 or DKos who did an analysis.....if I remember correctly, they showed numbers for the last 4 midterm elections. Right now, I think there are 25 congressmen retiring en toto from both the House and Senate. Whereas in 2008, in the House alone, 27 Rs and 6 Dems retired. en.wikipedia.org In that same year, another 6 or 7 retired from the Senate for a grand total of 39-40 retirees. So at 25 the number this year is not that high.......at least not so far.