so that's people running for the 2006 elections. you get it. you see there's a big spike in 2009, where the number of republican candidates jumps. that was ahead of the big tea party wave election for 2010, when republicans took back the house, right? remember they had that huge year in 2010. that election began with an early outsized presence of republican challengers, republicans running for congress. it really did prove to be a case of chart imitates life, right? you look back at those numbers. in hindsight you could see it coming, how huge that wear was going to be for the republicans in 2010. now we are the same distance out from the next election. we are a year and a half out from the midterm elections that are coming up, the 2018 elections. brookings has updated its chart. you want to see what it looks like now? you want to see how the count of house challengers is going for this next election? put up this year. oh, 209 democratic challengers have filed with the fec and have