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The table shows the political party affiliation of each of 67 members of the US Senate in June 2012, and when they are up for reelection.Up for reelection: Democratic Party Republican Party Other TotalNovember 2014 20 13 0 November 2016 10 24 0 Total Suppose that a member of the US Senate is randomly selected. Given that the randomly selected senator is up for reelection in November 2014, what is the probability that this senator is a Democrat? (Enter your probability as a fraction.)

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The table shows the political party affiliation of each of 67 members of the US Senate in June 2012, and when they are up for reelection.Up for reelection: Democratic Party Republican Party Other TotalNovember 2014 20 13 0 November 2016 10 24 0 Total Suppose that a member of the US Senate is randomly selected. Given that the randomly selected senator is up for reelection in November 2014, what is the probability that this senator is a Democrat? (Enter your probability as a fraction.)

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To find the probability that a randomly selected senator up for reelection in November 2014 is a Democrat, we need to divide the number of Democrats up for reelection in 2014 by the total number of senators up for reelection in 2014.

From the table, we can see that there are 20 Democrats and 13 Republicans up for reelection in 2014, making a total of 33 senators.

So, the probability is 20 (Democrats) divided by 33 (Total), which simplifies to 20/33.

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