Archive for 2021
Democrats and Republicans Have Record US Senate Winning Streaks in Two-Dozen States
Fifteen state party records will be on the line during the 2022 cycle.
Read MoreWisconsin Democrats Seek Rare Back-to-Back Cycle Sweeps in 2022
Only once in party history have Democrats won all partisan executive offices two times in a row in the Badger State.
Read MoreA Brief History of Six-Term US Senators
More than 40 U.S. Senators have won election to six or more terms in the history of the nation’s upper legislative chamber including six serving in the 117th Congress.
Read MoreRavnsborg Could Become 3rd South Dakota AG to Have Term Cut Short
To date, none of the state’s 31 Attorneys General have resigned in scandal.
Read MoreThe Quick Rebound: A Brief History of Defeated US Senators Elected in the Next Cycle
Since 1914, less than a dozen U.S. Senators have been unseated and subsequently elected back to the chamber two years later.
Read MoreMinnesota Democrats Eye Longest Statewide Winning Streak Record in 2022
If the DFL wins all four statewide elections next November, the party will have swept all such races for the last 14 years – a state record.
Read MoreReturning Home: How Often Do US Senators Become Governor?
Since the turn of the 20th Century, governors-turned-U.S. Senators outnumber U.S. Senators-turned-governors by more than 7:1.
Read MoreTim Ryan 2022: No Incumbent, No Problem?
In the annals of odd electoral facts, Democrats have never won a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio when an incumbent didn’t run for reelection.
Read MoreCould Liz Cheney Lose Her GOP Primary in 2022?
Wyoming U.S. Representatives have failed to win their party’s nomination only once out of 53 attempts.
Read MoreCould Tony Evers Buck History in 2022?
A Democrat in the White House spells trouble at the ballot box for the party’s Wisconsin gubernatorial nominees – even incumbents.
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