&gt; and tend not to show up for the off-year elections when it&#x27;s only those offices up<p>In 2014, Senator Jeff Sessions R-Ala. was &quot;elected&quot; without an opponent. In that same year, 32 other Representatives were &quot;elected&quot; without any opposition, my own Representative included. 28 more didn&#x27;t have a &quot;major party&quot; opponent. That means ~14% of all Representatives had little or no competition.