Kentucky
Mullin Vacancy Would Give Oklahoma Eight US Senate Elections in 12 Years
Ten states have held at least eight elections across a 12-year span during the direct election era.
Read MoreMitch McConnell and a History of Seven-Term US Senators
More U.S. Senators in their seventh term chose to seek reelection than to retire.
Read MoreTrump Breaks Republican Presidential Nominee Records in Three States
Trump also won the largest percentage of the vote by any party’s presidential nominee in two of these states.
Read MoreKentucky Democrats Holding Onto Governorship with Both Hands
Despite becoming deep red down the ballot, Kentucky remains one of just three states where Democratic gubernatorial nominees have won at least 40 percent in every election since 1900.
Read MoreBeshear Sets Record: Kentucky Gubernatorial Primary By the Numbers
The Democrat received the largest support in a contested gubernatorial primary in state history.
Read MoreSouthern States Poised to Have Fewest Democratic Governors Since Reconstruction
The party has never held fewer than two governorships in the South outside of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Read MoreKentucky Republicans Poised for Record Gubernatorial Primary Field
Twice as many candidates have already filed as the number of contenders in the most congested Kentucky GOP gubernatorial primary in party history.
Read MoreOn Shaky Gubernatorial Ground?
Three sitting governors were victorious with the lowest percentage of the vote in their state in more than 80 years.
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 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.
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