Archive for 2016
Trump Notches Decisive Victory Against Historic Republican Field
The New York businessman laps the field in the first ever New Hampshire primary with five candidates in double-digits.
Read MoreSanders Notches 2nd Biggest Democratic New Hampshire Primary Win in History
Only John Kennedy’s victory against the “Space Pen” inventor in 1960 was larger among the 13 contested Democratic primaries in Granite State history.
Read MoreChoices, Choices: Record Number of GOP Candidates in 2016 New Hampshire Primary
The 2016 field of nine active (non-fringe) Republican candidates edges the eight GOPers in 1996 who were still in the race at the time of the New Hampshire primary.
Read MoreBellwether Counties in New Hampshire Presidential Primaries
Only one Granite State county has backed every GOP primary winner since 1952 with just two on the Democratic side.
Read MorePresident Clinton = Governor Klobuchar in 2018?
The election of Hillary Clinton – let alone the GOP nominee – will likely close off the oft-rumored pathway to the Supreme Court for Minnesota’s popular senior Senator
Read More10 Down
Rand Paul was the second of the 22 major party candidates to get into the 2016 presidential sweepstakes last year and on Wednesday became 10th to exit after 303 (seemingly joyless) days on the campaign trail. That is a far cry from the duration of his father’s two GOP White House bids. In 2008 Ron…
Read MoreReid Ribble’s Unusual Exit from Congress
Prior to Ribble, each of the last 50 three-term U.S. Representatives from Wisconsin sought reelection or higher office dating back more than 90 years to 1924.
Read MoreBellwether Counties in the Iowa Republican Caucuses
Since 1988, 27 of Iowa’s 99 counties have backed every winner of the Republican statewide caucus vote.
Read More12 Bellwether Counties in the Iowa Democratic Caucuses
Just a dozen counties in the Hawkeye State have backed every winner of the party’s caucus since 1980.
Read MoreSteve Bullock Eying Rare Uncontested Montana Gubernatorial Primary
Just two of the 25 Democratic gubernatorial nominees in Montana over the last century did not face a primary opponent as well as five of 50 major party nominees.
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