Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| district | incumbent | party | first elected | results |
| tennessee 1 | william l jenkins | republican | 1996 | retired republican hold |
| tennessee 2 | jimmy duncan jr | republican | 1998 | re - elected |
| tennessee 3 | zach wamp | republican | 1994 | re - elected |
| tennessee 4 | lincoln davis | democratic | 2002 | re - elected |
| tennessee 5 | jim cooper | democratic | 2002 | re - elected |
| tennessee 6 | bart gordon | democratic | 1984 | re - elected |
| tennessee 7 | marsha blackburn | republican | 2002 | re - elected |
| tennessee 8 | john tanner | democratic | 1988 | re - elected |
| tennessee 9 | harold ford jr | democratic | 1996 | retired to run for us senate democratic hold |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 2006
Statement:
fewer democratic party incumbents were re - elected than republican incumbents
Answer:
refuted