97 of 535 Congresspeople are in their first term this session. That's a healthy amount of turnover every few years. The average term in Congress is for people

97 of 535 Congresspeople are in their first term this session. That's a healthy amount of turnover every few years. The average term in Congress is for people serving after 1950 is 12 years, so two terms. Yeah, some Congresspeople operate in "safe" districts and never see a challenger, but those are rare (and valuable). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freshman_class_members_of_the_116th_United_States_Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freshman_class_members...