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No term limits, but they have to be re-elected every 6 years. She kept voting the way the majority of the people in her state wanted to, so she kept getting re-
by cableshaft 3y ago
No term limits, but they have to be re-elected every 6 years. She kept voting the way the majority of the people in her state wanted to, so she kept getting re-elected (presumably).
- dfxm12 3y agoDon't discount the huge advantage incumbents have, both in campaign contributions [0] and name recognition. 0 - https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/incumbent-advantage?cycle=2022 https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/incumbent-adv...
- cableshaft 3y agoI'm not. But do you think they'd still have that incumbent advantage if they consistently voted against their party's interests (I should also clarify that with "and were honest about it, not lying through their teeth and claiming otherwise"). And even then, they wouldn't keep getting major donor funding if they weren't voting in those people's interests, incumbent or no.
- dfxm12 3y agoYes.
- bombcar 3y agoThere have been a few cases of incumbents changing party (ignoring the "I'm totally independent guys even though I caucus with one party incredibly reliably" ones) to follow their voters. In general "I'll only ever vote X party" is the same as "I don't care who at all".