WASHINGTON — Discontent with incumbents and anti-Washington anger are adding up to a potentially record-breaking crowd of congressional challengers this election year.
More than 2,300 are running for 471 House and Senate seats in the midterm elections.
That’s the most candidates in at least 35 years, according to data provided by the Federal Election Commission, which began tracking candidates in 1975.
Voters in Alabama have become the latest to succumb to the throw-the-bums-out fervor.
Rep. Parker Griffith’s loss Tuesday to longtime prosecutor Mo Brooks in the Republican race follows stinging primary setbacks this year for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) and Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.).
Alabama Rep. Artur Davis also lost the Democratic nomination for governor. ,