during the time that the committee s hearings were televised over the impeachment of the president. of the 33 who ran again, six were considered in tight races. five of those six are republicans. wiley mayne was beaten in iowa s sixth district. charles saman lost in the second district. joseph mariziti, another staunch nixon partisan was easily defeated. in indiana, david dennis, who also opposed impeachment lost to philip sharp. in indiana, david dennis lost. david dennis seat in indiana was one of 48 seats republicans lost the year that nixon resigned from office. including a bunch of other republicans who, like david dennis, had spent their time in congress wholeheartedly defending nixon right up until the very end. so a really, really big loss for the republican party that year, 1974. biggest midterm loss for republicans in modern political
committee s hearings were televised over the impeachment of the president. of the 33 who ran again, six were considered in tight races. five of those six are republicans. wiley mayne was beaten in iowa s sixth district. charles saman lost in the second district. joseph mariziti, another staunch nixon partisan was easily defeated. in indiana, david dennis, who also opposed impeachment lost to philip sharp. in indiana, david dennis lost. david dennis seat in indiana was one of 48 seats republicans lost the year that nixon resigned from office. including a bunch of other republicans who, like david dennis, had spent their time in congress wholeheartedly defending nixon right up until the very end. so a really, really big loss for the republican party that year, 1974. biggest midterm loss for republicans in modern political time. since 1974, republicans haven t fallen anywhere near that level