Which of the following, if true, best supports the claim above? A. In the last congressional elections, incumbents met with a larger number of lobbyists than did challengers. B. In the last congressional elections, 98 percent of the incumbents in the House of Representatives who were seeking reelection won. C. Incumbent members of Congress are frequently critical of the amount of attention given to them by the news media. D. The support that political action committees provide to challengers for congressional seats often compensates for the perquisites enjoyed by incumbent members of Congress. E. Of all incumbent senator surveyed before the last congressional elections, 78 percent said that their challengers did not pose a serious threat to their chances for reelection.