Florida
12 Retiring, Ex-, or Deceased Congressmen with Active Campaign Websites
One announced his retirement last September. Another died in October. One resigned last week. A dozen members of Congress that aren’t running for reelection still have active campaign websites – that accept financial donations.
Read MoreRadel Resigns with 2nd Shortest US House Tenure in Florida History
The only other Floridian with a shorter stint in the U.S. House served 141 years ago after successfully contesting the state’s at-large Election of 1870.
Read MoreReturn of the King: Charlie Crist and Ex-Governor Comebacks
More than half of ex-governors have been victorious in general election bids to return to their old seats since 1945.
Read MorePlurality Blues: Governors on the Hot Seat
Since 1900, less than half of plurality-winning governors who were eligible for another term were reelected to their seat in the next cycle.
Read MoreIt’s All Relative: Florida US Representatives Edition
11 percent of Florida’s U.S. Representatives in history had family members who previously served in Congress.
Read MoreClaude Pepper, Dwight Rogers Only Florida US Reps to Die in Office
Reports of Bill Young’s death on Thursday were premature; 72 of the state’s 132 U.S. House members in history are still alive.
Read MoreCan Alex Sink Pull a Jeb Bush?
Only one losing Florida gubernatorial candidate has come back to win the governorship in a subsequent campaign over the last 145+ years.
Read MoreCharlie Crist: There and Back Again?
Crist, the first Florida governor not to run for reelection since 1964, could become just the second governor of the Sunshine State to win nonconsecutive terms.
Read MoreGetting the Word Out: House Democrats Outhustling GOPers at Press Release Game
House Democrats release 31 percent more press statements per member than Republicans; GOPer Illeana Ros-Lehtinen ranks #1 but Democrats hold 11 of the Top 15 spots.
Read MoreRecord Book Near Misses in the 2012 Presidential Election
The Romney-Obama contest ranked among the Top 5 most competitive races ever in three states (AK, FL, NC) and the Top 5 least competitive in six (HI, MD, OK, UT, WV, WY).
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