The oldest congressmen has become the first incumbent to lose a primary election in 2014. Former U.S Attorney John Ratcliffe edged 17-incumbent Rep. Ralph M. Hall in a Republican runoff in Texas. This year many veteran lawmakers have been leaving on their own however, Hall was hoping to serve one final term. He wanted to represent voters in northeastern Texas, but with the combination of his age and a motivated core of tea party voters in the low-turnout race has proven to make it difficult to overcome. His defeat will leave the New Congress next year without a World Was 2 veteran since Rep. John D. Dingell will be retiring. The reason that he was defeated was because of three reasons. One was his age, the second was the fact that he was a former democrat, and three his longevity in Congress. It was said that Washington needed a new face in Congress. Plus he had previously failed to get a win when he led the GOP in the initial March 4 primary. The main factor that people were talking about was his age. On Tuesday Ratcliffe got 21,539 voted while Hall got 19,000. His victory marked the first triumph for outside conservative groups over incumbent Republican lawmakers this year.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-texas-primary-runoff-20140527-story.html
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