Forget term limits — retirements will create competitive 2018 elections

BY CHARLIE GEROW, April 3, 2018

The concept of term limits for members of Congress is as old as the Republic.

In fact, the idea is as old as any republic. The ancient Greeks and Romans both featured some form of term limits for their elected officials, to guarantee rotation in office and to curb corruption.

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Gerow: Conor Lamb's 18th District win was a Pyrrhic victory

Conor Lamb's narrow, declared victory in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District special election last Tuesday may or may not ultimately hold up.

Regardless, there are some takeaways from the results.

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For the first time since Donald Trump was elected president, Democrats appear to have won a congressional special election. In each of their previous attempts, Democrats ran progressive candidates, promising that the "resistance" to Trump would carry them to victory. They lost every race.  

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