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Biden Breaks Democratic Party Records in 4 States
The former VP also turned in the best showing by any Democratic nominee since LBJ in nine states.
Read MoreMinnesota: A Necessary But Not Sufficient State for Joe Biden
No Democrat has won the White House without carrying Minnesota since Woodrow Wilson 1916.
Read MoreKennedy Attempts To Make Massachusetts History in US Senate Primary
No challenger has ever upset an incumbent in a Bay State primary for the office.
Read MoreDeval Patrick: Late to the Party?
Over the last dozen election cycles, only one candidate who was the last to enter the race won the Democratic or Republican Party nomination.
Read MoreKennedy Eyes Unseating Markey In Rare Democratic Primary Ousting
Since 1982, incumbent Democratic U.S. Senators have won 263 of 266 nomination bids.
Read MoreWhat is Bill Weld’s Ceiling in the 2020 GOP Primaries?
Many primary challengers with less of a political resume than Weld have reached double-digits against sitting presidents over the last five decades.
Read More2020 Democratic Presidential Field Sets Record Number of Same-State Candidates
Four pairs of Democrats now have to defeat a candidate from their own state en route their party’s nomination.
Read MoreClimbing the Ladder: US Senators Running for President
With the addition of Gillibrand, the 2020 field ties 1972 and 2016 for the most sitting U.S. Senators running for president in the modern primary era.
Read MoreThe Magnificent Six
Just six governors hail from a different party than their state’s U.S. Senate delegation; 34 governors are from the same party.
Read MoreLargest Number of All-Democratic State Delegations Headed to Congress in 50+ Years
Fourteen states will be represented by a single party on Capitol Hill – seven Democratic and seven Republican; one party controls all but one seat in 13 other states.
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