A tumultuous congressional primary season closes with record departures and defeats

Already, close to 100 lawmakers who started this Congress will not be around for the next one, according to an NPR analysis, driven by record-setting retirements and primary defeats.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4676x3117+0+0/resize/4676x3117!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F12%2F6f%2Fe64f1c3147a09b3ed05258efb8f3%2Fap26257499640719.jpg' alt='The U.S. Capitol is pictured on Monday.'/><p>Already, close to 100 lawmakers who started this Congress will not be around for the next one, according to an NPR analysis, driven by record-setting retirements and primary defeats.</p><p>(Image credit: Allison Robbert)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5971264' />