USA Today notices that 47 doctors are running for Congress this year; of those, 41 are Republicans.

There are currently 16 doctors in Congress, 11 of whom are Republicans.

(Of course, sometimes when you elect a doctor, you end up with Howard Dean.)

UPDATE: A dental-minded reader informs me that USA Today failed to mention the two dentists running – Paul Gosar in AZ-01 and Lee Hawkins in GA-09, both are Republicans.

I wonder if either have ever chanted, “drill, baby, drill”?