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In a Congress dominated by complicated bills and wonky policy fights, perhaps the biggest challenge for members of the Senate was simply keeping straight the names of all their colleagues. 

The 111th Congress will go down as one of the most chaotic in Senate history because of the constant turnover in personnel.

That influx of fresh faces means the 112th Congress will begin with a notably inexperienced group of senators.

More than one-fifth of the upper chamber’s 100 seats changed hands over the last two years. Three states â€" Delaware, Illinois and West Virginia â€" saw their seats turn over twice. Only about a dozen seats had changed hands in each of the previous two Senates.

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