Why so many incumbents lost primaries this year
Primary elections this year saw an unusual number of incumbents lose their seats due to a wave of bipartisan anti-establishment sentiment. These losses were further compounded by recent redistricting, which altered traditional voting boundaries and created more challenging electoral environments for many long-standing officeholders.
Anti-incumbent anger crossed party lines in this year’s primaries — and redistricting didn’t help, either.
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