U.S. House
Simpson, Labrador Extend Idaho Incumbent Renomination Winning Streak
Idaho U.S. Representatives have now won 34 renomination bids in a row since 1976 and 83 of 84 dating back to 1918.
Read MoreNorth Carolina US House Incumbents Extend Primary Win Streak to 299
Incumbent U.S. Representatives from the Tar Heel State running for reelection have launched 299 consecutive successful renomination bids since 1958.
Read MoreSeven Is Enough: The Packed GOP Field to Replace Tom Coburn
Seven candidates may seem like a handful, but it’s only half the number of Republicans who ran for the Sooner State’s U.S. Senate seat in 1920.
Read MoreWisconsin US House Delegation Experience, 1848-2014
Sign of the times: 23 of the Top 25 most experienced delegations from the Badger State have been elected over the last 50 years.
Read MoreThe Shortest Tenures of Louisiana US Reps in History
Vance McAllister’s political half-life may be running out, but he won’t quite have the briefest stint in the U.S. House from the Pelican State – that would be Effingham Lawrence at just one day.
Read MoreVance McAllister: In His Own Words
If Rep. McAllister does not resign, his 2014 opponents will have a treasure trove of statements from the congressman saying one thing and doing another.
Read MoreTom Petri to Face Rare Republican Challenger in 2014
The fourth longest-serving U.S. Representative in Wisconsin history has faced only two primary challengers during his 17 previous reelection bids.
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 MoreThe Quotable Jim Sensenbrenner
One of Capitol Hill’s most outspoken critics of the mass data collection undertaken by the last two presidential administrations shares his thoughts on fear-mongering, Edward Snowden, and the long winter of 2014.
Read MoreWest Virginia, Utah Eye All-GOP US House Delegations in 2014
It has been more than 90 years since the last time Republicans had a monopoly on every U.S. House seat in the Mountain State.
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