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How to get onto Roll Call’s Most Vulnerable Incumbents list

Political Theater, Episode 324

One reason Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., is on the Most Vulnerable Incumbents list is she is facing off against a wealthy opponent, one of several ways to land on the list.
One reason Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., is on the Most Vulnerable Incumbents list is she is facing off against a wealthy opponent, one of several ways to land on the list. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

At Roll Call, we periodically update our list of most vulnerable senators and members of the House as we get closer to the election. It’s a shifting list, and reflects a snapshot in political dynamics. So how does one land on the list? Roll Call campaign staff writers Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire join the Political Theater podcast to discuss. 

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