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 | candidates |
| california 7 | george miller | democratic | 1974 | re - elected | george miller (d) 77% norman reece (r) 23% |
| california 18 | gary condit | democratic | 1989 | re - elected | gary condit (d) 86.7% linda degroat (l) 13.2% |
| california 20 | cal dooley | democratic | 1990 | re - elected | cal dooley (d) 60.7% cliff unruh (r) 39.3% |
| california 21 | bill thomas | republican | 1978 | re - elected | bill thomas (r) 78.9% john evans (ref) 21% |
| california 23 | elton gallegly | republican | 1986 | re - elected | elton gallegly (r) 60% daniel gonzalez (d) 39.4% |
| california 25 | howard mckeon | republican | 1992 | re - elected | howard mckeon (r) 74.7% bruce acker (l) 25.3% |
| california 30 | xavier becerra | democratic | 1992 | re - elected | xavier becerra (d) 81.3% patricia parker (r) 18.8% |
| california 35 | maxine waters | democratic | 1990 | re - elected | maxine waters (d) 89.3% gordon mego (ai) 10.7% |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1998
Statement:
in 1974 , the democratic party was first elected
Answer:
supported