Green won his next three elections with 70% or more of the vote each time, against little-known opponents.
Her victory over a little-known Democratic opponent was close and hard-fought.
But as a conservative incumbent in a conservative state, facing a little-known and underfinanced opponent, he was a heavy favorite this year.
DeGale came in for a mixed reaction, being booed off after being taken the distance by his little-known opponent.
But he also has a little-known opponent and a new, virtually all Republican district.
In 1988 he won 57 percent of the vote in defeating Keith Green, a little-known Republican opponent.
Four candidates ran in the primary: Sanders and three little-known opponents.
The Governor, who took 65 percent of the vote four years ago, won with 54 percent this year in a race against three little-known opponents.
Rahmon easily won re-election in November 2006, gaining 79 percent of the vote against four little-known opponents; international monitors again found the election unfair.
Four other incumbent Representatives, two Republicans and two Democrats, easily won re-election against little-known opponents.