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Scale of change

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Is that a lot of new senators etc? Please tell us something that would give us an idea of the scale of the change.

IceDragon64 20:40, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are a total of 100 senators. In each election cycle, one-third of them (33 or 34) are up for re-election. There are a total of 435 representatives. In each election cycle, all 435 of them are up for re-election. Thus, as the article states (with my editorial additions here in bold): "In November 1974, Democrats picked up 49 seats (out of 435 seats) in the House and 5 seats (out of 33 seats) in the Senate." For the House: 5 out of 33 = 15 percent. For the Senate, 49 out of 435 = 11 percent. That gives some context to what these numbers mean and to the scale of the change. In a nutshell, yes, it is a very significant change. Immediately after Watergate, public sentiment was against the Republicans and for the Democrats (as a "statement" against the Republican Nixon and his administration and his party and its corruption). Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:54, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Include notable retired members as well

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Could we please include some other noted members who have since left congress? Maybe we don't need all 54, but perhaps the more notable ones? The list of eight is a bit underwhelming. Thanks.DavidRF (talk) 03:46, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Senate freshmen: D-pickups: Leahy, Gary Hart, Richard Stone, Wendell Ford. R-pickup: Paul Laxalt. Other freshmen: Dale Bumpers, John Culver, Louis Wyman, Robert Morgan, John Glenn and Jake Garn.
Other House freshman: Paul Tsongas

DavidRF (talk) 04:00, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]