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2018 may be first year with no Senate retirements

By Paul Bedard
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2018 may be first year with no Senate retirements

With no sitting U.S. senator yet bowing out of the upcoming elections, 2018 is poised to be the first since popular elections were ordered 104 years ago with no retirements, a sharp detour from recent elections.

Over the past 25 years, an average of seven senators facing re-election have decided to retire instead, but so far nobody wants to leave the swamp next year.

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