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Primaries bring big losses for incumbent GOP state lawmakers

State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. State Republican incumbents so far this year have been losing at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade. FILE - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks before signing the Biofuels Bill, May 17, 2022, in Prairie City, Iowa. More Republican state lawmakers are losing their primaries this year than in any other election over the past decade, dispatched by far-right challengers who say the incumbents are not conservative enough. Next up is Wisconsin, where both Republican legislative leaders are among several incumbents facing primary challenges. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File ) FILE - The Idaho House of Representative is seen in session on March 14, 2022, at the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho. More Republican state lawmakers are losing their primaries this year than in any other election over the past decade, dispatched by far-right challengers who say the incumbents are not conservative enough. Next up is Wisconsin, where both Republican legislative leaders are among several incumbents facing primary challenges. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler, File) FILE - Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos talks to the media after Gov. Tony Evers addressed a joint session of the Legislature in the Assembly chambers during the Governor's State of the State speech at the state Capitol, Feb. 15, 2022, in Madison, Wis. More Republican state lawmakers are losing their primaries this year than in any other election over the past decade, dispatched by far-right challengers who say the incumbents are not conservative enough. Next up is Wisconsin, where both Republican legislative leaders are among several incumbents facing primary challenges. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)