Kentucky
Beshear 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.
Read MoreGeorgia Democrats Eye US Senate Electoral Rarity
Only two times in U.S. Senate history have both incumbents from the same state been unseated in the same cycle.
Read MoreLibertarians, Third Parties Set Multiple Records in 2020 US Senate Elections
Nine third party or independent candidates made the record books in U.S. Senate elections across the nation.
Read MoreRecord Number of US Senate Candidates On 2020 Kentucky Primary Ballot
18 total candidates and seven challengers taking on an incumbent – both state records.
Read MoreBeshear Wins 2nd Closest Gubernatorial Election in Kentucky History
Beshear is the first governor of Kentucky to win without a majority in more than 100 years.
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