Will we start to see more swing seat congresspeople carpetbag to safe seats?

[Tekken_Guy]

Will we start to see more swing seat congresspeople carpetbag to safe seats? Lauren Boebert pulled it off this year, and Claudia Tenney did so in 2022 after her old seat was cut in redistricting.

[Talleyrand]

Hasn't this already been a trend for a while? Pete Sessions, Darrell Issa, and Gil Cisneros all moved to safer seats after losing reelection or retiring, ensuring their return to Congress. If you mean switching seats while still in office, Mario Diaz-Balart moved from his then-marginal South Florida seat to his brother's neighboring, safer seat in 2010.

[Tekken_Guy]

Hasn't this already been a trend for a while? Pete Sessions, Darrell Issa, and Gil Cisneros all moved to safer seats after losing reelection, ensuring their return to Congress. If you mean switching seats while still in office, Mario Diaz-Balart moved from his then-marginal South Florida seat to his brother's neighboring, safer seat in 2010.

Yes, but it's very rare for it to happen with incumbents.