U.S. Senate
Arkansas Democrats Poised to Make History
The 12-year gap between no GOP and Democratic Arkansas U.S. Senate nominees will be the shortest in the direct election era.
Read MoreHickenlooper’s Unusual 2020 US Senate Run
Only one (non-U.S. Senator) presidential candidate has ended the bid to run for the U.S. Senate in the same cycle since 1972.
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 MoreHow Many US Representatives Will Win Senate Seats in 2020?
Fourteen have been elected to the senate during the last three cycles.
Read More24 States Currently Have Record Partisan US Senate Winning Streaks
Only two of these states are located in the Midwest.
Read MoreHow Many States Will Split Their Presidential and US Senate Vote in 2020?
The 2016 cycle was the first in history in which no state saw its voters split its ticket for these two offices.
Read MoreWill a Maine US Senator Lose for the First Time Since the 1970s?
Only nine states have had a longer stretch since the last time an incumbent lost a bid for another term.
Read MoreCould Jason Lewis Make History in 2020?
No ex-Minnesota U.S. Representative has ever come back to win a U.S. Senate election in the direct election era.
Read MoreThad Cochran’s Passing Leaves Mississippi with 1 Living Ex-US Senator
Three states have no living former members of the upper legislative chamber while six states have just one.
Read MoreHow Many 1st Term US Senators Will Lose in 2020?
At least one first-term incumbent has been defeated in 49 of the 53 election cycles during the direct election era.
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