In a normal election year, ninety-four percent of all incumbents are reelected. This number holds pretty true for both state and national elections. I don t see any reason in Minnesota that this will not be the case this November. Even candidates for the park board are trying to benefit from our sound economic climate. Hint you d have to go back to the early 1960 s to find a federal budget surplus.
Times are good and most voters are content.
This bodes well for incumbent legislators of both parties. You can be guaranteed that DFL and Republican incumbents alike will be prominently highlighting the tax rebates and tax cuts that have occurred the last two years. This is another reason for an incumbent election year. No, this isn t the score of the annual Congressional baseball game. This refers to the number of state legislators who were given a free ride, that is, no challenger from the opposing party filed for office in their district.