Massachusetts
US Senate Special Elections by the Numbers
Which two states have held seven special elections since 1913? Which two states have yet to hold one? And which Senator was elected via special election three times?
Read MoreOff the Radar? Chechnya Never Mentioned in Public by Obama
Bill Clinton and George W. Bush discussed the troubled region nearly 100 times over a 10-year period that saw two Chechen wars and high-profile terrorist acts that killed several hundred Russians.
Read MoreScott Brown: To New Hampshire with Love?
Nearly 40 percent of New Hampshire U.S. Senators in state history have been educated in Massachusetts and more than one in six were born in the Bay State.
Read MoreThe Five-Timers Club: Gubernatorial Edition
Thirty-seven governors in U.S. history were elected into office at least five times but only 10 served in the 20th or 21st Centuries; four members of the Club are alive today.
Read MoreScott Brown: The Return of the King?
If Scott Brown wins Massachusetts’ U.S. Senate special election in June he will return to the chamber with the ninth shortest gap in service in history.
Read MoreMassachusetts to Hold Senate Elections at Rate Not Seen in 50+ Years
It has been more than 50 years since a state has held three Senate elections in three consecutive years or four Senate contests over a five-year span.
Read MoreDemocrats Amass 144 Consecutive US House Victories in Four Northeastern States
Democratic nominees have won 144 U.S. House contests in a row in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, and Rhode Island.
Read More20 Presidential Tickets That Lost Both Home States
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are not alone in failing to carry their home states this election cycle, although theirs is the first such ticket in 40 years.
Read MoreRomney Suffers 2nd Worst Home State Loss in Presidential Election History
Only John Frémont in 1856 lost his home state by a larger margin than Romney out of 100+ major party presidential nominees on the ballot since the formation of the Democratic Party in 1828.
Read MoreSchizophrenic Electorates or Short Obama Coattails? D/R Split Ticket Voting in 2012
Connecticut, Michigan, Nevada, Virginia, and Wisconsin are five of 18 states never to split their ticket by voting for a Democratic presidential nominee and a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in the same cycle.
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