In 2022, voters in Oregon approved measure 113, which bars from reelection any member of the state legislature with ten or more unexcused absences. The measure was pressed by public sector labor unions in the state unhappy about the tactic of blocking legislation by avoiding a quorum. This year, the mousetrap snapped shut and the mice were caught. Ten of Oregon's state senators, each Republicans, have been disqualified from the ballot. Ten out of a total of twelve in the GOP caucus in that body. What strikes me is something in the NATIONAL REVIEW story on this: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/court-disqualifies-all-but-two-of-oregons-republican-state-senators-from-reelection/ NR's Dan McLaughlin wrote that measure 113 was "barely even opposed by Oregon Republicans who were focused on the Governor's race." What a case of strategic malpractice! I don't know if McLaughlin's account is true. But let us take his word for it for a second...