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Politics
Juan Garcia de Paredes

US House Races See More Major-Party Competition

EAGLE PASS TEXAS - JUNE 26: Flordia Governor Ron DeSantis arrives at a campaign event on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Eagle Pass TX. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visited the border city of Eagle Pass to address the ongoing immigration crisis at the southern border. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Over the past decade, the percentage of U.S. House of Representatives elections with only a Democrat or a Republican on the ballot has decreased, with most recent cycles dropping below the past century’s average.

From 1920 to 2018, 14.4% of all U.S. House general elections had only one major party candidate.

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