Montana
No Free Passes: States With 2 Major Party Candidates in Every US House Race
Indiana has now placed candidates from both major parties on the ballot in a nation-best 189 consecutive U.S. House races, with New Hampshire, Minnesota, Idaho, and Montana also north of 100 in a row.
Read MoreMedia Analysis: Iowa US Senate Race Is 2014’s True Toss-up
A study of 2014 U.S. Senate race ratings finds the odds of a pick-up in Iowa’s race between Bruce Braley and Joni Ernst are closer to 50-50 than any other contest in the country.
Read MoreWhich US Senate Seats Will Flip in 2014? A Survey of Media Rankings
Media election forecasters can only agree on one slot of the Top 12 U.S. Senate seats most likely to change control after the November elections.
Read MoreWill Montana Split Its Congressional Ballot Again in 2014?
Only two of 27 states have split their vote for U.S. Senate and at-large U.S. House seats in a majority of elections over the last century: Montana (78 percent of the time) and South Dakota (60 percent).
Read MoreDo Montanans Care Where Their Senators Are Born?
Democrats are stirring the pot after statements by 2014 hopeful Steve Daines raise questions about the depth of his connections to the Treasure State.
Read MoreAdvantage Walsh in Montana US Senate Race? Not So Fast
Appointed U.S. Senators who subsequently run for their seat have been elected only a shade above 50 percent of the time.
Read More7 Gubernatorial Election Double-Takes
The Idaho GOP didn’t give us Labrador vs. Otter in 2014, so Smart Politics takes a look back at some eyebrow raising surname matchups in gubernatorial electoral history.
Read MoreDemocracy in Action: Major Party Competition in US House Elections
Indiana has placed Democratic and Republican candidates on the ballot in a nation-best 180 consecutive U.S. House races, with New Hampshire, Minnesota, Idaho, and Montana all tallying 100 or more.
Read MoreFrom Helena to D.C.? Schweitzer Would Make History in Montana
No ex- or sitting Montana governor has ever gone on to win a U.S. Senate (or U.S. House) race.
Read MoreBaucus Retirement Opens Up 2nd Longest Democratic-Held Senate Seat
It has been 36,577 days (March 3, 1913) since the last time a Republican sat in Montana’s Class II U.S. Senate seat, behind only Louisiana’s Class II seat (47,534 days, March 3, 1883).
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