'Watergate babies' see Democratic wave coming
by Laura Barrón-López
| May 06, 2018 12:00 AM
Members of the heavily Democratic House freshman class elected in 1974 see another wave building that “rivals†their post-Watergate victory.
Raging against the scandal-ridden Nixon administration, voters sent 76 Democrats to Washington, 49 of them taking Republican-held seats. Lawmakers from that class, most long since retired and watching politics from the sidelines instead of a seat on the House floor, say they sense similar anger and disappointment among the electorate today.
“Until now I have not encountered the same level of disgust with politics and government,†said Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Minn., who was first elected to Congress in the ‘74 wave. “Today rivals 1974, and I never saw anything quite like it in between.â€
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