Archive for July 2015
Which GOP Presidential Candidates Will Still Be Left Standing for Their Home State Primary?
Only two of 12 Republican candidates in 2012 were actively campaigning at the time of their home state’s contest.
Read MoreWill John Thune Run Unchallenged by Democrats for a 2nd Straight Cycle?
It has been 75 years since the last – and only – Republican U.S. Senator did not face a Democratic opponent in back-to-back elections.
Read MoreA Sign of the Gerrymandered Times?
16 U.S. Senators serve states in which their party holds a minority of U.S. House seats – 15 are Democrats.
Read MoreNo Second Chances in Michigan
As Smart Politics previously reported, more than 170 losing major party U.S. Senate nominees in the direct election era have come back to claim their party’s nomination a second time around, with more than five dozen eventually winning a seat in the chamber. At least one losing U.S. Senate nominee from 49 states eventually clawed…
Read MoreCrist Could Become 1st Floridian in 95 Years to Lose Gubernatorial, US Senate, & US House Races
The last major party nominee to lose all three offices in the Sunshine State was little-known Republican John Cheney in 1920.
Read MoreCrist Could Become 1st Floridian in 95 Years to Lose Gubernatorial, US Senate, & US House Races
The last major party nominee to lose all three offices in the Sunshine State was little-known Republican John Cheney in 1920.
Read MoreMidwestern Sister States and Distant Cousins in Presidential Elections
Two Midwestern states have been in accord on their presidential vote choice 96 percent of the time while another pair has voted in concert during just 41 percent of such elections.
Read MoreFull House in Missouri’s Republican Gubernatorial Race
The 2016 field is one of the largest in state party history and is poised to provide one of the closest nomination battles since primary elections began in Missouri in 1912.
Read MoreWhich State Is the Most Midwestern (In Presidential Elections)?
Iowa and Ohio have voted in concert with the region overall at a higher rate than any other Midwestern state; Missouri and Minnesota have done so the least.
Read MoreAnd Walker Makes 10
Governor Scott Walker’s entrance into the 2016 race for the GOP presidential nomination brings the tally of major party Wisconsin politicians who ran for the White House to 10 since statehood. The state’s first 100 years produced six favorite-son candidates: Democrats Henry Dodge (1852), James Doolittle (1868), and Edward Wall (1904) and Republicans Jeremiah Rusk…
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